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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 315, NWS Springfield, MO

August 26, 2019McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2019, 9:42 PM CDT for McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 63 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, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2019, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 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 02:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 26, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2019-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 958 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2019-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
958 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-261 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
453 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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, 6:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 6:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Springfield MO
655 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2019

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Tuesday)
Issued at 326 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2019

Very complex and challenging forecast given the current storms
moving through southern Missouri at this time with model guidance
remaining very poor today. An outflow boundary currently resides
from Chanute, KS to Joplin to Cassville, MO with a stabilized
airmass occuring north of that line. The atmosphere along and
southwest of that line was very unstable with ML capes around 4000
j/kg. Satellite imagery showed that the outflow boundary was
slowing down its southwest extent and beginning to intersect with
a frontal boundary west of Chanute.

Thunderstorms will continue for the next few hours across southern
Missouri before exiting the south and east. The big question for
the remainder of the evening and night is with the activity that
will get going later on (after 7pm) across southeast Kansas and
northeast Oklahoma as shortwave energy moves in. This activity
will likely develop and move east, likely remaining the strongest
near and south of the outflow boundary/recovering airmass region.
Large hail to the size of golf balls will still be possible,
however this looks to be confined to extreme southeast Kansas and
far southwest Missouri, locations further northeast will likely
see smaller hail sizes. As far as winds go, damaging winds in
excess of 60-70mph will be possible even a little further north of
the outflow boundary. Cant rule out an isolated tornado,
especially if any cells have boundary interaction.

Timing/Locations: Storms will likely regenerate to our west after
7pm and move into southeast Kansas by 7-9pm with storms moving
through southern Missouri, mainly along and south of a Ft Scott
Kansas, to Bolivar, Mo to Eminence, Mo line. in the 9pm-1am
timeframe. Locations further north of this line may see very
little additional convection or severe potential.

Conditions on Tuesday look much calmer and quieter with highs in
the upper 70s to near 80 with northerly flow at 850mb.

.LONG TERM...(Tuesday Night through Monday)
Issued at 326 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2019

Surface high pressure will slide over head mid week, providing
cooler and drier conditions across the area. Zonal flow returns
by the end of the week into the weekend with precip chances
increasing across the area.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Tuesday evening)
Issued at 639 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2019

The Ozarks had a storm system move through earlier today. Behind
the earlier system flight conditions improved to VFR with only
some high cirrus clouds over the area. A cold front will move
through the region this evening and into the early morning hours.
Along the front showers and storms will bring MVFR to IFR
ceilings and visibilities with heavy rainfall. Winds will s=shift
from southerly to northerly behind the front with low IFR stratus
lingering across the region through early Tuesday afternoon. Skies
will then clear from west to east by the afternoon and into
Tuesday evening.

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...Burchfield
LONG TERM...Burchfield
AVIATION...Hatch
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 8:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 26, 9:08 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
908 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2019

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

0810 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 ENE VERSAILLES        38.45N 92.74W
08/26/2019                   MORGAN             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            24 INCHES OF WATER OVER ROAD AT HWY C AND
            HWY E.

&&
Local storm report, Aug 26, 9:11 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
911 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2019

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

0830 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NNW VERSAILLES        38.46N 92.86W
08/26/2019                   MORGAN             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WILLOWCREEK RD NEAR HWY D HAS 10 FEET OF
            ROAD WASHED OUT DUE TO CULVERT LIFTING; ROAD
            CLOSED.

&&
Local storm report, Aug 26, 9:12 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
912 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2019

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

0830 PM     FLOOD            1 NNE VERSAILLES        38.44N 92.84W
08/26/2019                   MORGAN             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PONDING OF ROADWAY ON JEFFERSON ST IN
            VERSAILLES.

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 7:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Morgan4 hr
Aug 26, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDallas43 min
Aug 26, 8:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFVernon43 hr
Aug 26, 8:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFBates, Vernon62 hr
Aug 26, 8:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFMiller, Morgan6 hr
Aug 26, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton58 min
Aug 26, 9:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFJasper, Newton6 hr
Aug 26, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede29 min
Aug 26, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton46 min
Aug 26, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Webster, Wright46 min
Aug 26, 10:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFMcDonald, Newton4 hr
Aug 26, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFChristian39 min
Aug 26, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps, Pulaski, Texas56 min
Aug 26, 11:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarry24 min
Aug 26, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster, Wright45 min
Aug 26, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Howell, Texas60 min
Aug 26, 11:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDent67 min
Aug 26, 11:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTaney48 min
Aug 26, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark, Taney52 min
Aug 26, 11:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFMaries, Phelps, Pulaski6 hr
Aug 27, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Oregon, Shannon45 min
Aug 27, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark41 min
Aug 27, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell56 min
Aug 27, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon58 min
Aug 27, 1:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell4 hr
Aug 27, 1:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell, Oregon8 hr
Aug 27, 7:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFVernon52 hr
Aug 26, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee51 min
Aug 26, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCherokee52 min

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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.