Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 298, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2019, 12:19 PM CDT for Cedar County, St. Clair County, Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 26, 2019, 12:19 PM CDT (17:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cedar County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
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 Aug 26, 11:59 AM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 11:59 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 12:11 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Springfield MO 1211 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2019 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-271715- 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- 1211 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2019 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 tornado risk. Elevated hail risk. Significant thunderstorm wind damage risk. Limited flooding risk. Significant lightning risk. Elevated excessive heat risk. DISCUSSION... A thunderstorm complex just south of Kansas City will likely continue moving southeast into portions of west central and central Missouri through early this afternoon. Damaging winds in excess of 70 mph will be the main risk with this activity. This activity will generally affect locations along the Highway 54 corridor however it could come close to Interstate 44 by afternoon. Additional strong to severe storms will develop later this evening as a strong cold front will move from northwest to southeast through the area. Large hail to the size of tennis balls, damaging winds in excess of 70 mph, and tornadoes are possible. The greatest risk for tornadoes and large hail will be northwest of a line from Lamar to Osceola. Expected timing for this additional round of severe thunderstorms is between 6pm this evening and 1am tonight. Although storms will move through quickly, very heavy rainfall rates are possible that may lead to localized flash flooding. Heat index values will approach 100 degrees over western Missouri and southeast Kansas this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Shower and thunderstorm chances increase by late week and the weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed in the next six hours for locations along and north of Highway 54, and across the entire area 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 Burchfield
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Miller, Morgan | 38 min |
| Aug 26, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Miller, Morgan | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Polk, St. Clair, Vernon | 48 min |
| Aug 26, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Camden, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski | 56 min |
| Aug 26, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Dade, Greene, Lawrence, Polk | 63 min |
| Aug 26, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon, Texas | 55 min |
| Aug 26, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Dade, Lawrence | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone | 48 min |
| Aug 26, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 65 min |
| Aug 26, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Lawrence, Stone, Taney | 62 min |
| Aug 26, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 33 min |
| Aug 26, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 32 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.