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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Springfield, MO

July 20, 2020Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2020, 3:45 PM CDT for Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 15 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 20, 2020, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Shannon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 12:00Z on 2020-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1438 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 12:00Z on 2020-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1438 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 20, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 12:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1240 PM CDT Mon Jul 20 2020

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-211745-
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-
1240 PM CDT Mon Jul 20 2020

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 thunderstorm wind damage risk.
Limited flooding risk.
Significant lightning risk.
Elevated excessive heat risk.

DISCUSSION...

Scattered thunderstorms will be possible over the region this
afternoon into the early evening. While somewhat better chances
exist for severe weather over the eastern Ozarks...50-60 mph winds
will be possible with stronger storms throughout the area. Storms
will also produce heavy downpours which may lead to a short lived
localized flood threat as well.

A larger cluster of thunderstorms is then expected to develop over
Kansas overnight...potentially moving into parts of southeast
Kansas into west central Missouri toward morning.

Heat index values will warm into the middle 90s to around 100
degrees this afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Scattered, generally short lived, thunderstorms will be possible
on a daily basis Wednesday and Thursday primarily during the
afternoon, early evening and early morning hours.

Afternoon heat index values in the upper 90s to around 105
degrees are expected on a daily basis Wednesday through Sunday.

.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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 1:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 2:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPolk37 min
Jul 19, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Greene, Polk32 min
Jul 19, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPhelps45 min
Jul 19, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFWebster49 min
Jul 20, 8:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMorgan52 min
Jul 20, 8:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMorgan28 min
Jul 20, 12:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFCamden46 min
Jul 20, 12:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPolk34 min
Jul 20, 12:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden41 min
Jul 20, 1:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFCamden36 min
Jul 20, 2:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMaries, Phelps, Pulaski44 min
Jul 20, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPhelps36 min
Jul 20, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDent29 min
Jul 19, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon43 min
Jul 19, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBourbon48 min
Jul 19, 9:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFBourbon4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.