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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 226, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2018, 2:34 PM CDT for McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 56 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 16, 2018, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2018, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 750 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1347 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 16, 11:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 11:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 2:34 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Springfield MO 234 PM CDT Mon Jul 16 2018 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-171945- 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- 234 PM CDT Mon Jul 16 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Limited hail risk. Limited thunderstorm wind damage risk. Elevated lightning risk. Elevated excessive heat risk. DISCUSSION... Scattered thunderstorms will once again develop this afternoon and evening across southeast Kansas into far southern Missouri. There will be a marginal risk for a couple stronger storms with damaging gusty winds up to 50 mph and small hail up to penny size along with lightning and brief heavy downpours. Max heat indices will top out in the upper 90s to around 104. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. There will be a limited threat of lightning daily in the afternoon each day through end of week. After another very warm day on Tuesday...a bit cooler weather is in store Wednesday with hot and humid conditions returning for the end of the work week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. && More detailed information can be accessed at: http://www.weather.gov/sgf/sitrep This product in graphical format...along with other weather... hydrological and climate information...at http://www.weather.gov/sgf WFO SGF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 5:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Taney | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2018Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018
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.