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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2020, 4:58 PM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 62 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
- Apr 20, 2020, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2020, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County McDonald County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Apr 20, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Springfield MO 306 PM CDT Mon Apr 20 2020 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Tuesday) Issued at 219 PM CDT Mon Apr 20 2020 Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will continue into early this evening as a short wave trough and associated surface cold front continue to push southeast across the region. MLCAPE values in the 800-1100 J/kg range in conjunction with steep mid- level lapse rates and 40 knots of deep layer shear will support some quarter-size hail potential. Short-term models and soundings are also indicating nearly dry adiabatic low-levels beneath relatively high LCLs. This will be supportive of some damaging wind gust potential, especially where cold pool conglomeration occurs with clusters and line segments. This activity will then begin to wane across south-central Missouri in the 2-3Z time frame with the loss of daytime heating. The rest of tonight then looks fairly quiet. There could again be some fog late tonight primarily across southwest Missouri. We went close to the model blend for lows tonight with most areas falling into the middle or upper 40s. Tuesday then looks pleasant as surface high pressure slides southeast along the Mid-Mississippi River Valley. We have gone slightly above the model blend for highs with most areas ranging from the upper 60s to lower 70s. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday Night through Monday) Issued at 219 PM CDT Mon Apr 20 2020 The next storm system will then take shape starting Tuesday night as strong upper level energy ejects into the southern high Plains. We should see a large area of showers and thunderstorms overspread the Missouri Ozarks and southeastern Kansas from late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning as a low-level jet veers into the region beneath the left-exit region of an upper level jet streak. Showers and thunderstorms are then expected to persist for much of Wednesday and Wednesday evening as that upper level energy tracks through the central and southern Plains and into the Mid- Mississippi Valley. Locally heavy rainfall is a concern given high moisture availability, deep tropospheric ascent and convective elements. The good news here is that we can take a bit of rainfall given the recent green-up. At this time, the severe potential mainly looks like it will be south of the Missouri Ozarks with perhaps the exception of far southern Missouri. The track of the surface low and amount of destabilization that can occur will dictate the eventual severe threat. Global models then indicate yet another system impacting the region as we get into the late Thursday night and Friday time frame. Model consistency has become a bit better with this system, thus PoPs have been nudged up into the likely range. Temperatures from midweek through next Monday will be near or slightly below normal. We still see no frost/freeze potential over the next seven days. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Tuesday afternoon) Issued at 1213 PM CDT Mon Apr 20 2020 Scattered thunderstorms are expected into this evening as a cold front moves southeast through the region. Brief MVFR conditions can be expected with storms along with gusty and erratic winds. VFR conditions are then primarily expected from mid-evening through Tuesday morning. There is some potential for fog development across far southwestern Missouri. We are thinking this will not affect the TAF sites at this time. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...Schaumann LONG TERM...Schaumann AVIATION...Schaumann
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 20, 12:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Springfield MO 1239 PM CDT Mon Apr 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- 1239 PM CDT Mon Apr 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 hail risk. Limited thunderstorm wind damage risk. Limited lightning risk. DISCUSSION... Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and early evening. A few of these storms may become strong to severe and produce hail up to the size of quarters and localized wind gusts up to 60 mph. Cloud to ground lightning will also be a potential hazard. Non-thunderstorm wind gusts up to 30 mph are expected this afternoon, mainly across western Missouri and southeastern Kansas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Additional thunderstorms will be possible from late Tuesday night into early Thursday and again towards next weekend as a pair of storm systems track across the region. Locally heavy rainfall will be possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed into early this evening across most of the outlook area. && 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 Schaumann
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 20, 4:19 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
419 PM CDT MON APR 20 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM HAIL 4 S POMONA 36.82N 91.91W
04/20/2020 U0.50 INCH HOWELL MO PUBLIC
REPORT FROM MPING: HALF-INCH (0.50 IN.).
&&Local storm report, Apr 20, 4:31 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 1:40 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Stone, Taney | 8 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Wright | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Howell | 65 min |
| Apr 20, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Lawrence | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | McDonald | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Newton | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 38 min |
| Apr 20, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Douglas | 27 min |
| Apr 20, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Pulaski, Texas | 33 min |
| Apr 20, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Howell | 67 min |
| Apr 20, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Texas | 18 min |
| Apr 20, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell | 28 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.