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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Springfield, MO

October 24, 2021Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 2021, 8:23 PM CDT for Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 24, 2021, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired: Oct 24, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Taney County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 24, 2:06 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 76 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1534 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 846 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 317 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.8
Supercell composite: 12.3

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The text

As transmitted.

173 
WUUS53 KSGF 250123
SVRSGF
MOC213-250215-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0153.211025T0123Z-211025T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
823 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Taney County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 822 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Omaha, or 10
  miles southeast of Branson, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Bull Shoals Lake...               Protem...
  Ridgedale...                      

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southwestern
Missouri.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southwestern
Missouri.

&&

LAT...LON 3656 9327 3659 9277 3650 9277 3650 9327
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 270DEG 34KT 3652 9318 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Rothstein

2 follow-up statements

627 
WWUS53 KSGF 250138
SVSSGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
838 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

MOC213-250215-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0153.000000T0000Z-211025T0215Z/
Taney MO-
838 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TANEY COUNTY...

At 838 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Diamond City,
or 13 miles southeast of Forsyth, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Bull Shoals Lake...               Protem...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southwestern
Missouri.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3657 9304 3659 9277 3650 9277 3650 9314
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 270DEG 34KT 3652 9298 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Rothstein

594 
WWUS53 KSGF 250205
SVSSGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
905 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

MOC213-250215-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0153.000000T0000Z-211025T0215Z/
Taney MO-
905 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TANEY COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southwestern
Missouri.

LAT...LON 3657 9304 3659 9277 3650 9277 3650 9314
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 270DEG 34KT 3652 9268 

$$

Rothstein

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 24, 7:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon	9 min
Oct 24, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps, Pulaski	50 min
Oct 24, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	49 min
Oct 24, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Laclede, Webster, Wright	47 min
Oct 24, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	37 min
Oct 24, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	38 min
Oct 24, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Webster	48 min
Oct 24, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas, Wright	38 min
Oct 24, 8:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Wright	23 min
Oct 24, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark	46 min
Oct 24, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark, Taney	55 min
Oct 24, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon, Texas	41 min
Oct 24, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon	57 min
Oct 24, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	53 min
Oct 24, 10:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Oregon	65 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.