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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Springfield, MO

May 23, 2019Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2019, 3:03 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 23, 2019, 3:03 AM CDT (08:03 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2019, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Cherokee County, KS

The radar

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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 22, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 May 23, 12:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 12:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 8:23 PM CDT, 6 hours 40 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
823 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-240130-
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-
823 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri
Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Elevated tornado risk.
  Significant hail risk.
  Elevated thunderstorm wind damage risk.
  Elevated flooding risk.
  Significant lightning risk.
  Limited non thunderstorm wind risk.

DISCUSSION...

  Thunderstorms will continue to affect areas along and north of
  Interstate 44 this evening into the overnight hours. This dynamic
  system will be capable of producing hail up to the size of tennis
  balls, damaging winds up to 70 mph and tornadoes. A strong tornado
  or two may be possible.

  Flooding and flash flooding will again be possible tonight as
  storms develop and move over many of the same areas that
  received flooding rains the past few days. Between 1 and 2
  inches of rain will be possible with localized amounts around
  3 inches.

  Non-thunderstorm wind gusts to 30 mph are possible over western
  Missouri and extreme southeast Kansas late this afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

  Intermittent storm activity is expected from Thursday through
  the coming holiday weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  Spotter activation will be needed in the next three hours for
  southeast Kansas and southwestern into Central Missouri.

&&

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Raberding

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 9:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
924 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0911 PM     TORNADO          GOLDEN CITY             37.39N 94.09W
05/22/2019                   BARTON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN THE GOLDEN CITY
            AREA.

&&

Local storm report, May 22, 9:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
927 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0857 PM     TORNADO          6 WNW DUDENVILLE        37.34N 94.19W
05/22/2019                   JASPER             MO   STORM CHASER

            STRUCTURE AND TREE DAMAGE OBSERVED BY STORM
            CHASER.

&&

Local storm report, May 22, 9:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 10:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 11:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1117 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1102 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ELDON                   38.35N 92.58W
05/22/2019                   MILLER             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GETTING REPORTS OF DAMAGE IN ELDON. DETAILS
            UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. POSSIBLE TDS.

&&

Special weather statement, May 23, 2:44 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	67 min
May 22, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	64 min
May 22, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	47 min
May 22, 7:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Jasper, St. Clair, Vernon	6 hr
May 22, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	51 min
May 22, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	64 min
May 22, 7:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Vernon	42 min
May 22, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	52 min
May 22, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observed	SGF	Jasper, Newton	51 min
May 22, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	30 min
May 22, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	62 min
May 22, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Vernon	19 min
May 22, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	41 min
May 22, 8:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	34 min
May 22, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	31 min
May 22, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton	20 min
May 22, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair, Vernon	26 min
May 22, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	SGF	Barton, Jasper	41 min
May 22, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	44 min
May 22, 8:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	24 min
May 22, 9:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	SGF	Barton, Dade	45 min
May 22, 9:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	8 hr
May 22, 9:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	27 min
May 22, 9:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Cedar	38 min
May 22, 9:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Morgan	36 min
May 22, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon	48 min
May 22, 9:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Polk	42 min
May 22, 9:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	McDonald	50 min
May 22, 9:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade	34 min
May 22, 9:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	8 hr
May 22, 10:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Polk	29 min
May 22, 10:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Polk	35 min
May 22, 10:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	8 hr
May 22, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Vernon	43 min
May 22, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	12 min
May 22, 10:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dallas, Hickory, Polk	45 min
May 22, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller, Morgan	52 min
May 22, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Miller, Morgan	30 min
May 22, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede	18 min
May 22, 11:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Miller	16 min
May 22, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	65 min
May 23, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede	40 min
May 23, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Polk	42 min
May 23, 12:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede	23 min
May 23, 1:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Pulaski	49 min
May 23, 1:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Pulaski	32 min
May 23, 1:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	56 min
May 23, 1:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	McDonald, Newton	46 min
May 23, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	37 min
May 23, 1:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Pulaski	34 min
May 23, 2:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	9 hr
May 23, 2:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	62 min
May 23, 2:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps, Pulaski	38 min
May 23, 2:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Greene	46 min
May 23, 2:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps	24 min
May 23, 2:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Greene, Polk	53 min
May 23, 3:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Lawrence	40 min
May 23, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Webster	44 min
May 23, 3:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	22 min
May 23, 3:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	8 hr
May 23, 4:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Jasper	49 min
May 23, 4:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	52 min
May 23, 4:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Texas	42 min
May 23, 5:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Lawrence	4 hr
May 23, 5:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Lawrence	47 min
May 23, 5:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene, Lawrence	6 hr
May 23, 6:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Greene	40 min
May 23, 6:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	6 hr
May 23, 6:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	57 hr
May 23, 8:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Lawrence	2 hr
May 23, 9:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede, Polk, Webster	3 hr
May 22, 7:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	43 min
May 22, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	56 min
May 22, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cherokee	41 min
May 22, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	34 min

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Sources

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