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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 254, NWS Springfield, MO

September 27, 2020Morgan County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 27, 2020, 2:03 PM CDT for Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 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
Sep 27, 2020, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired
Sep 27, 2020, 2:26 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Morgan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2020-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2020-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1285 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 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 Sep 27, 12:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 12:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 27, 1:56 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
156 PM CDT Sun Sep 27 2020

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-281900-
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-
156 PM CDT Sun Sep 27 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 hail risk.
  Limited thunderstorm wind damage risk.
  Elevated lightning risk.
  Limited non thunderstorm wind risk.

DISCUSSION...

An episode of strong to severe thunderstorms is expected to occur
over extreme southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks late this
afternoon and through the evening hours. The most intense storms
will be capable of producing pea to golf ball sized hail along
with damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph.

Behind the front, northwest winds will gust between 20-30 MPH
late tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed later today or tonight for
portions of extreme southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks.

&&

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

Cramer

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Polk49 min
Sep 27, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede56 min
Sep 27, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Taney42 min
Sep 27, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark, Taney30 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.