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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Springfield, MO

July 9, 2016Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2016, 4:23 PM CDT for Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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
Jul 9, 2016, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Shannon County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 4:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG6 Nne Eminence, MOTHUNDERSTORM WINDS DOWNED A TREE ACROSS THE HIGHWAY.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 236 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 311 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
311 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-265 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1221 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

521 
WUUS53 KSGF 092123
SVRSGF
MOC203-092200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0151.160709T2123Z-160709T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
423 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 422 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF EMINENCE...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF VAN BUREN...MOVING
  SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EMINENCE...                       MIDRIDGE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3715 9139 3742 9135 3741 9118 3732 9118
      3731 9116 3726 9116 3725 9112 3720 9112
      3720 9109 3718 9109 3717 9104 3714 9103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 354DEG 5KT 3729 9124 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

FRYE
2 follow-up statements
629 
WWUS53 KSGF 092138
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
438 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

MOC203-092200-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-160709T2200Z/
SHANNON MO-
438 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SHANNON COUNTY...

AT 437 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST
OF EMINENCE...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF VAN BUREN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT
10 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EMINENCE...                       MIDRIDGE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3715 9139 3742 9135 3741 9118 3732 9118
      3731 9116 3726 9116 3725 9112 3720 9112
      3720 9109 3718 9109 3717 9104 3714 9103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 037DEG 10KT 3725 9128 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

FRYE
284 
WWUS53 KSGF 092156
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
456 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

MOC203-092205-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-160709T2200Z/
SHANNON MO-
456 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SHANNON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3715 9139 3742 9135 3741 9118 3732 9118
      3731 9116 3726 9116 3725 9112 3720 9112
      3720 9109 3718 9109 3717 9104 3714 9103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 354DEG 5KT 3725 9128 

$$

FRYE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMcDonald43 min
Jul 9, 1:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald6 hr
Jul 9, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Phelps42 min
Jul 9, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPhelps48 min
Jul 9, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Jasper, Lawrence43 min
Jul 9, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent31 min
Jul 9, 6:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFShannon, Texas6 hr

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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.