Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Springfield, MO

May 14, 2018Benton County, Hickory County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2018, 1:54 PM CDT for Benton County, Hickory County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 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: May 14, 2018, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2018, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Benton County, MO, Hickory County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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
May 14, 2:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 Sse Cross Timbers, MO	QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT CROSS TIMBERS IMPLEMENT.

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
May 14, 1:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 864 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -186 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

871 
WUUS53 KSGF 141854
SVRSGF
MOC015-085-141945-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0049.180514T1854Z-180514T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
154 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Hickory County in central Missouri...
  Southeastern Benton County in central Missouri...

* Until 245 PM CDT

* At 154 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hermitage,
  moving northeast at 20 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...
  Pomme de Terre Lake...            Hermitage...
  Wheatland...                      Preston...
  Cross Timbers...                  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3815 9306 3793 9307 3788 9341 3800 9349
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 246DEG 19KT 3795 9335 

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

Wise

2 follow-up statements

101 
WWUS53 KSGF 141913
SVSSGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
213 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018

MOC015-085-141945-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-180514T1945Z/
Hickory MO-Benton MO-
213 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN HICKORY AND SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTIES...

At 213 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hermitage,
moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Preston...                        Cross Timbers...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3815 9306 3793 9307 3790 9327 3807 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 246DEG 19KT 3799 9323 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Wise

561 
WWUS53 KSGF 141943
SVSSGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
243 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018

MOC015-085-141953-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-180514T1945Z/
Hickory MO-Benton MO-
243 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HICKORY AND
SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
central Missouri.

LAT...LON 3815 9306 3793 9307 3790 9327 3807 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 246DEG 19KT 3805 9305 

$$

Wise

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 1:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Benton	50 min
May 14, 1:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	St. Clair	47 min
May 14, 2:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	38 min
May 14, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Morgan	47 min
May 14, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	51 min
May 14, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Morgan	50 min
May 14, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Camden, Miller	56 min
May 14, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	42 min
May 14, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	47 min
May 14, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Pulaski	68 min
May 14, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Maries	51 min
May 14, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	62 min
May 14, 5:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Camden	6 hr
May 14, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon	57 min
May 14, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Morgan	50 min
May 14, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2018 Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.