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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 260, NWS Springfield, MO

November 14, 20204 counties in Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 14, 2020, 5:31 PM CST for 4 counties in Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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
Nov 14, 2020, 5:31 PM CST (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 2020, 6:30 PM CST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Barton County, MO, Dade County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 14, 5:14 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 2020-11-14Temperature 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 2020-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 556 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
937 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
556 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
567 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 Nov 14, 3:48 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 14, 3:48 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 14, 2:34 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
234 PM CST Sat Nov 14 2020

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-152045-
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-
234 PM CST Sat Nov 14 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 tornado risk.
  Limited hail risk.
  Limited thunderstorm wind damage risk.
  Limited lightning risk.
  Elevated non thunderstorm wind risk.

DISCUSSION...

 Some scattered strong to severe storms will be possible
 beginning after dark and continuing through the late evening
 with the approach of a strong cold front. Damaging wind gusts in
 excess of 60 mph will be the main severe weather risk. A few
 brief tornadoes will also be possible, along with hail to the
 size of quarters. Thunderstorms will end from west to east
 across the area by midnight.

 Sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph and gusts of 30 to 45 mph will
 be possible into the early evening ahead of the approaching cold
 front. The highest winds will remain across extreme southeast
 Kansas and western Missouri where a Wind Advisory has been
 issued.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

 Fire weather conditions will be elevated on Sunday with a much
 drier air mass moving into the area late tonight behind the
 front. Winds will remain gusty on Sunday with some gusts of 30
 to 35 mph possible.

 Some elevated fire weather conditions will also be possible on
 Monday afternoon with some wind gusts of 20 to 25 mph and low
 relative humidities.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 Spotter activation may be needed later today or tonight for much
 of the area as all modes of severe storms will be possible.

&&

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

Rothstein

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 14, 5:09 PM CST, 22 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
509 PM CST Sat Nov 14 2020

KSZ101-MOZ077-088-150000-
Cherokee KS-Barton MO-Jasper MO-
509 PM CST Sat Nov 14 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE...SOUTH
CENTRAL BARTON AND WESTERN JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CST...

At 508 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Treece, or near Baxter Springs, moving northeast at 50 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Northern Joplin...                Carthage...
Webb City...                      Carl Junction...
Baxter Springs...                 Galena...
Oronogo...                        Carterville...
Jasper...                         Airport Drive...
Lowell...                         Alba...
Purcell...                        Nashville...
Carytown...                       Asbury...
Neck City...                      Treece...
Brooklyn Heights...               Waco...

This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 44 and 54.

LAT...LON 3745 9441 3725 9422 3706 9460 3706 9461
      3705 9462 3699 9472 3700 9491 3706 9497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 238DEG 43KT 3704 9480

Albano

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 14, 10:23 AM CSTWind AdvisorySGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, St. Clair, Vernon8 hr
Nov 14, 5:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFJasper51 min
Nov 14, 5:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade, Hickory, Polk51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2020Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 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.