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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO

March 23, 2016Barry County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2016, 10:48 PM CDT for Barry County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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 23, 2016, 10:48 PM CDT (03:48 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2016, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Barry County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:52 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
Mar 23, 11:08 PM CDTTORNADO 11 Nne Shell Knob, MOMODIFIED TO EXTEND TRACK LENGTH. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY CONFIRMED A 200 YARD WIDE EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 1 MILE NORTH NORTH EAST OF SHELL KNOB NEAR STALLION BLUFF ROAD AND TRACKED NEARLY 4 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST AFTER CROSS
Mar 23, 11:08 PM CDTTORNADO 11 Nne Shell Knob, MONATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GROUND SURVEY CONFIRMED A 200 YARD WIDE EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 1 MILE NORTH NORTH EAST OF SHELL KNOB NEAR STALLION BLUFF ROAD AND TRACKED NEARLY 2 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST INTO MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST. DUE TO TERRAIN THE SURVEY TEA

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 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 00:00Z on 2016-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 243 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 00:00Z on 2016-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
243 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1307 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted.

510 
WUUS53 KSGF 240348
SVRSGF
MOC009-240430-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0009.160324T0348Z-160324T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1048 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1047 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEAVER...OR
  10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CASSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
  TABLE ROCK LAKE...                ROARING RIVER STATE PARK...
  SHELL KNOB...                     SELIGMAN...
  GOLDEN...                         EMERALD BEACH...
  EAGLE ROCK...                     CHAIN-O-LAKES...
  ARROW POINT...                    

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

LAT...LON 3650 9400 3651 9401 3653 9400 3679 9358
      3650 9359
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 229DEG 30KT 3654 9380 

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

HATCH
1 follow-up statement
326 
WWUS53 KSGF 240421
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1121 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

MOC009-240431-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160324T0430Z/
BARRY MO-
1121 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1130 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3650 9400 3651 9401 3653 9400 3679 9358
      3650 9359
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 229DEG 30KT 3654 9380 

$$

HATCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFVernon33 min
Mar 23, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFVernon35 min
Mar 23, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon34 min
Mar 23, 8:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFJasper, Newton38 min
Mar 23, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper14 min
Mar 23, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFSt. Clair43 min
Mar 23, 9:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFHickory24 min
Mar 23, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton31 min
Mar 23, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMorgan19 min
Mar 23, 10:50 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Stone25 min
Mar 23, 11:13 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSGFStone32 min
Mar 23, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFChristian, Greene, Webster44 min
Mar 24, 3:00 AM CDTFreeze WarningSGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more30 hr

Nearby

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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.