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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

March 24, 2015Dallas County, Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2015, 5:50 PM CDT for Dallas County, Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 24, 2015, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Dallas County, MO, Webster County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 24, 6:01 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Buffalo, MO	VIA FACEBOOK
Mar 24, 6:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Buffalo, MO	NICKEL TO QUARTER
Mar 24, 6:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Buffalo, MO	NICKLE TO QUARTER

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 24, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -269 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1309 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

169 
WUUS53 KSGF 242250
SVRSGF
MOC059-225-242315-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0013.150324T2250Z-150324T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
550 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 549 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BUFFALO TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF BUFFALO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
  MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUFFALO...CHARITY...ELKLAND...FOOSE...LEADMINE...LONG LANE...
  LOUISBURG...MARCH...OLIVE...PLAD...PUMPKIN CENTER AND WINDYVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3788 9286 3772 9286 3772 9285 3748 9285
      3740 9308 3742 9310 3742 9318 3773 9318
      3773 9319 3781 9319
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 245DEG 53KT 3767 9317 3756 9315
          3746 9316

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

WISE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 24, 2:53 PM CDT	Flood Watch	SGF	Barry, Christian, Dent, Douglas, Greene, Howell and 14 more	37 hr
Mar 24, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	45 min
Mar 24, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	49 min
Mar 24, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	47 min
Mar 24, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper	48 min
Mar 24, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade	54 min
Mar 24, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	St. Clair	49 min
Mar 24, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	33 min
Mar 24, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	30 min
Mar 24, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Hickory	38 min
Mar 24, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence	52 min
Mar 24, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Polk	36 min
Mar 24, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	21 min
Mar 24, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Polk	30 min
Mar 24, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene	54 min
Mar 24, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone, Taney	61 min
Mar 24, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Polk	35 min
Mar 24, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas	30 min
Mar 24, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone, Taney	60 min
Mar 24, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	41 min
Mar 24, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede	44 min
Mar 24, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Taney	31 min
Mar 24, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	27 min
Mar 24, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster, Wright	39 min
Mar 24, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark, Taney	40 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.