Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO

March 13, 2016Greene County, Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2016, 6:07 PM CDT for Greene County, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2016, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Greene County, MO, Lawrence County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 28 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 2016-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 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 2016-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
568 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

116 
WUUS53 KSGF 132307
SVRSGF
MOC077-109-132345-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0004.160313T2307Z-160313T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
607 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI... NORTHEASTERN 
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 606 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF
  CHESAPEAKE... OR 9 MILES EAST OF MOUNT VERNON...MOVING NORTH AT 15
  MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HALLTOWN...                       CHESAPEAKE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 62.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3704 9373 3726 9371 3726 9351 3710 9358
      3710 9361 3704 9361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 187DEG 14KT 3710 9365 

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

RUNNELS
2 follow-up statements
288 
WWUS53 KSGF 132329
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
629 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

MOC077-109-132345-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160313T2345Z/
GREENE MO-LAWRENCE MO-
629 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES...

AT 624 PM CDT...THE STORM TO THE NORTH OF CHESAPEAKE THAT HAD
PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD WEAKENED...HOWEVER
ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS BETWEEN CHESAPEAKE AND MARIONVILLE WILL
MOVE OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ORIGINAL WARNED AREA. THESE
NEW STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH ALONG THE LAWRENCE AND GREENE
COUNTY BORDER.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HALLTOWN...                       CHESAPEAKE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 62.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3704 9373 3726 9371 3726 9351 3710 9358
      3710 9361 3704 9361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 187DEG 14KT 3717 9364 

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

RUNNELS
064 
WWUS53 KSGF 132342
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
642 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

MOC077-109-132352-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160313T2345Z/
GREENE MO-LAWRENCE MO-
642 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND
NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 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.

LAT...LON 3704 9373 3726 9371 3726 9351 3710 9358
      3710 9361 3704 9361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 187DEG 14KT 3717 9364 

$$

RUNNELS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 11:42 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisorySGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Christian, Douglas, Howell and 11 more10 hr
Mar 13, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFGreene26 min
Mar 13, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene51 min
Mar 13, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFLawrence24 min
Mar 13, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Lawrence50 min
Mar 13, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarry40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.