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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Springfield, MO

March 6, 2017Benton County, Hickory County, St. Clair County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 2017, 9:19 PM CST for Benton County, Hickory County, St. Clair County, Missouri. It was in force for 56 min. 8 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 6, 2017, 9:19 PM CST (03:19 UTC)
Expired: Mar 6, 2017, 10:15 PM CST
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Benton County, MO, Hickory County, MO, St. Clair County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 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 6, 9:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	5 W Edmonson, MO	TREES AND POWER LINE DOWN ON OO HIGHWAY NORTHEAST OF WARSAW.
Mar 6, 9:55 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Quincy, MO	SEVERAL LARGE BARNS DESTROYED ALONG WITH A STORAGE SHED. LARGE CEDAR TREE DAMAGED.
Mar 6, 10:00 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ssw Osceola, MO	TREES DOWN NEAR CONFLUENCE OF SAC AND OSAGE RIVERS.
Mar 6, 10:00 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Weaubleau, MO	PHONE LINE POLES SNAPPED IN HALF. STICK BUILT GARAGE AND PULL BEHIND CAMPER DESTROYED. HOME RECEIVED MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE WITH CHIMNEY COLLAPSED.
Mar 6, 10:00 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Wheatland, MO	WHEATLAND AREA DAMAGE: A BUSINESS RECEIVED MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE. HOME RECEIVED MODERATE ROOF AND AWNING DAMAGE. HOME NORTH OF WHEATLAND ON B HWY RECEIVED SHINGLE DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RESIDENCE. A TWO STORY BARN, STORAGE GARAGE AND METAL BUILD
Mar 6, 10:01 PM CST	TORNADO	3 Ssw Quincy, MO	1001 TO 1002 PM CST. EF-1. ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS BETWEEN 90 TO 95 MPH. PATH LENGTH OF 0.75 MILES. MAX WIDTH 100 YARDS. END LOCATION 37.963707N -93.490202W OR 3 MILES SSW OF QUINCY IN HICKORY COUNTY. DAMAGE WAS PRIMARILY TO FARM OUT BUILDINGS THAT WERE DESTROYED
Mar 6, 10:15 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ene Preston, MO	TREE BLOWN OVER ONTO SHED. .
Mar 6, 10:15 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Preston, MO	PRESTON AREA: ONE HOME HAD ROOF BLOWN OFF WITH WATER DAMAGE INSIDE THAT RESIDENCE AFTER THE STORM. ENTRYWAY AWNING RIPPED OFF BUILDING IN TOWN. BILLBOARD SIGN DESTROYED.

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 6, 6:51 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 319 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 542 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 8.2

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The text

As transmitted.

660 
WUUS53 KSGF 070319
SVRSGF
MOC015-085-185-070415-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0039.170307T0319Z-170307T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
919 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Hickory County in central Missouri...
  Benton County in central Missouri...
  St. Clair County in west central Missouri...

* Until 1015 PM CST

* At 919 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Appleton
  City, or 15 miles southwest of Clinton, moving east at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Pomme de Terre Lake...            Truman Lake...
  Truman State Park...              Pomme De Terre State Park...
  Warsaw...                         Pittsburg...
  Lincoln...                        Appleton City...
  Cole Camp...                      Osceola...
  Lowry City...                     Hermitage...
  Weaubleau...                      Wheatland...
  Preston...                        Cross Timbers...
  Collins...                        Roscoe...
  Ionia...                          Vista...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This is a dangerous situation. This storm is producing widespread 
wind damage across the warned area. Seek shelter now inside a sturdy 
structure and stay away from windows!

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 300 AM CST for central,
southwestern and west central Missouri.

LAT...LON 3790 9307 3790 9318 3780 9319 3783 9381
      3789 9381 3790 9407 3821 9405 3821 9353
      3851 9351 3851 9330 3853 9329 3853 9307
TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 264DEG 50KT 3819 9396 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Frye

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 6, 8:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	39 min
Mar 6, 9:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	53 min
Mar 6, 9:09 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas and 4 more	81 min
Mar 6, 9:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	59 min
Mar 6, 9:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	24 min
Mar 6, 9:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar	55 min
Mar 6, 9:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Stone, Taney	65 min
Mar 6, 9:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	19 min
Mar 6, 9:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	62 min
Mar 6, 10:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence and 3 more	60 min
Mar 6, 10:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Miller and 2 more	64 min
Mar 6, 10:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton	61 min
Mar 6, 10:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Dallas, Greene, Laclede, Lawrence, Polk and 1 more	56 min
Mar 6, 10:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Morgan	31 min
Mar 6, 10:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, McDonald, Stone	64 min
Mar 6, 10:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede	41 min
Mar 6, 10:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Pulaski	40 min
Mar 6, 11:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Laclede, Pulaski and 3 more	58 min
Mar 6, 11:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Douglas, Stone, Taney	66 min
Mar 6, 11:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	63 min
Mar 6, 11:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark, Taney	47 min
Mar 6, 11:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	34 min
Mar 6, 11:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark	47 min
Mar 6, 11:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney	54 min
Mar 6, 11:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Laclede, Pulaski, Texas, Webster, Wright	62 min
Mar 7, 12:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	63 min
Mar 7, 12:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell	41 min
Mar 7, 12:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Taney	56 min
Mar 7, 12:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	49 min
Mar 7, 1:23 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Howell, Oregon	52 min
Mar 7, 2:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	13 min
Mar 7, 2:10 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	SGF	Barton, Benton, Cedar, Dade, Hickory, Jasper and 5 more	13 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.