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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2015, 12:29 AM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2015, 12:29 AM CDT (05:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2015, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2985 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 457 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.7
- Supercell composite
- 27.9
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 1, 6:11 PM CDT, 6 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 6:11 PM CDT, 6 hours 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
611 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
Issued at 236 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015
Busy day with lots of flooding, water rescues, etc. MCS from last
night into this morning brought widespread moderate to heavy rain
and 3 to 5 inches of rain over central and south central MO with
isolated amounts up to 7 inches. Scattered light rain continues in
the wake of the MCS with ongoing flooding over parts of central
and south central MO. Atmosphere has struggled to recover in areas
affected by the rainfall and cloud cover today, with readings
still in the 70s. Further west on the other side of the boundary,
temperatures have shot up into the mid 80s to around 90. 18z
sounding from SGF shows quite a bit of elevated instability and PW
values around 1.75 in. along with a low level veering wind profile.
We also have some shortwave energy dropping southeast out of the
Plains which will move into the area tonight.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Thursday)
Issued at 236 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015
Despite morning MCS and remnant cloud cover keeping the
instability in check across the eastern 1/2 to 2/3 of the CWA,
there will still be a risk of severe storms this evening into the
overnight hours. The shortwave energy will drop southeast into the
area with increasing low level jet south of the low across
southern MO. Instability along and west of the boundary has really
increased this afternoon with surface based CAPES increasing into
the 3500-4000 j/kg range over the southwest corner of MO. In
addition, the CIN has decreased to almost nothing there. Should
have a decent amount of shear develop this evening, especially as
the shortwave begins to push into the area and low level jet
increases. Those things combined, we are thinking all modes of
severe storms will be possible initially this evening with storm
modes beginning out as supercellular. Storms are expected to form
into an MCS overnight and affect roughly the same locations which
received the heavy rain and flooding last night into this morning.
With an additional widespread 1-2 inches over these same locations
we can expect additional flash flooding to occur and will keep the
flash flood watch going through 12z Thursday for the same
locations.
Rain should come to an end during the morning Thursday with
additional development possible south of highway 60 over southern
Missouri on Thursday afternoon. There will be a slight risk of
severe storms there along and south of the boundary.
.LONG TERM...(Thursday Night through Wednesday)
Issued at 236 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015
It looks like we will remain in a northwest flow pattern with
continued shortwave energy pushing into the area through the
Holiday weekend. While the most organized convection is expected to
remain south of the area this weekend, there will remain a daily
chance of thunderstorms across the forecast area so those with
outdoor interests should stay tuned in to the forecast.
Another frontal boundary will begin to slowly work southeast into
the area early next week and will bring another more organized
round of thunderstorms. With the front possibly becoming
stationary over the area, the risk of thunderstorms will linger into the
middle of next week.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Thursday Evening)
Issued at 607 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015
Convection just now starting to initiate in the KC metro area and
will continue to track southeast through the evening. Have storms
rolling into the SGF/JLN areas between 02z and 04z in the TAFS
which will drop flight conditions into MVFR/IFR for several hours
during the late evening into the overnight hours. Winds will
gradually veer to the southwest and west overnight before becoming
northwest to north during the day Thursday.
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH through Thursday morning FOR MOZ055>058-
067>071-079>083-091-092-096>098-106.
KS...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...Lindenberg
SHORT TERM...Lindenberg
LONG TERM...Lindenberg
AVIATION...LindenbergHazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 11:52 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1152 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-030500- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 1152 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED TORNADO RISK. ELEVATED HAIL RISK. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING RISK. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK. DISCUSSION... A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS OVERNIGHT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. SOME STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS. THERE IS ALSO A LIMITED THREAT FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO. FLASH FLOODING WILL BECOME AN INCREASING CONCERN OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY WHERE MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AGAIN ON THURSDAY. MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...INCLUDING THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. THERE WILL ALSO BE AT LEAST A LIMITED RISK FOR FLOODING TO END THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A TRUMAN LAKE TO FORT LEONARD WOOD LINE. && MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SGF/SITREP(ALL LOWERCASE) THIS PRODUCT IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) SCHAUMANN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 1, 11:46 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1146 PM CDT WED JUL 01 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1146 PM FLASH FLOOD WARSAW 38.24N 93.38W
07/01/2015 BENTON MO 911 CALL CENTER
ONGOING WATER RESCUES IN WARSAW
&&
BURCHFIELDLocal storm report, Jul 1, 11:55 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jul 2, 12:02 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1202 AM CDT THU JUL 02 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 PM TSTM WND DMG IBERIA 38.09N 92.29W
07/01/2015 MILLER MO PUBLIC
REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES AND LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN ON
FAIRVIEW AND SEQUOIA ROAD IN IBERIA.
&&
MGRIFFINLocal storm report, Jul 2, 12:09 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1209 AM CDT THU JUL 02 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1208 AM FLASH FLOOD BRINKTOWN 38.13N 92.07W
07/02/2015 MARIES MO 911 CALL CENTER
NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED INCLUDING HIGHWAY 133, DD, BB AND T
DUE TO FLOODING
&&
BURCHFIELDLocal storm report, Jul 2, 12:23 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1223 AM CDT THU JUL 02 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1045 PM TSTM WND DMG DIXON 37.99N 92.09W
07/01/2015 PULASKI MO PUBLIC
NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED BLOWN DOWN AROUND DIXON.
&&
MGRIFFINLocal storm report, Jul 2, 12:27 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1227 AM CDT THU JUL 02 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1225 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 WNW LEBANON 37.70N 92.71W
07/02/2015 LACLEDE MO EMERGENCY MNGR
HIGHWAY 64 AT GOODWIN HOLLOW BRIDGE IS CLOSED DUE TO 2
FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROAD.
&&
MGRIFFINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Morgan | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Miller | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 9:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan | 8 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Hickory, Morgan | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton, Hickory | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan, Phelps, Pulaski | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton, Hickory | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton, St. Clair | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Polk | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 10:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Laclede, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 11:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Dent, Hickory, Laclede, Phelps and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Polk, St. Clair and 1 more | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 12:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas, Dent, Laclede, Polk, Shannon, Texas and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, Vernon | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Polk, Webster, Wright | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 12:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Wright | 21 min |
| Jul 2, 1:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, Christian, Dade, Douglas, Greene, Lawrence and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Webster | 13 min |
| Jul 2, 3:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Stone, Taney and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Laclede | 56 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dallas, Dent, Laclede, Polk, Shannon and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 3 days |
| Jul 2, 4:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bates, Vernon | 4 days |
| Jul 2, 4:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Hickory, Maries, Miller, Morgan and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Stone | 54 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, Christian, Dade, Douglas, Greene, Lawrence and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Stone, Taney and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | McDonald | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 4:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 23 more | 24 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barry, Stone | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Ozark | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.