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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Springfield, MO

December 5, 2021Stone County, Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 5, 2021, 8:57 PM CST for Stone County, Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 18 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: Dec 5, 2021, 8:57 PM CST (02:57 UTC)
Expired: Dec 5, 2021, 9:15 PM CST
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Dec 5, 8:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 42 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: 125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 286 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 462 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

445 
WUUS53 KSGF 060257
SVRSGF
MOC209-213-060315-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0162.211206T0257Z-211206T0315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
857 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Taney County in southwestern Missouri...
  East central Stone County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 915 PM CST.

* At 855 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Reeds Spring,
  or near Kimberling City, moving east at 35 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...
  Table Rock Lake...                Reeds Spring...
  Branson West...                   

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3675 9350 3682 9325 3681 9322 3674 9323
      3666 9348
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 265DEG 32KT 3672 9343 

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

$$

Cramer

1 follow-up statement

133 
WWUS53 KSGF 060318
SVSSGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
918 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021

MOC209-213-060327-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-211206T0315Z/
Taney MO-Stone MO-
918 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TANEY AND EAST
CENTRAL STONE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.  However heavy
rain is still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CST for
southwestern Missouri.

LAT...LON 3675 9350 3682 9325 3681 9322 3674 9323
      3666 9348
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 265DEG 32KT 3674 9320 

$$

Cramer

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 5, 8:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Taney	42 min
Dec 5, 9:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark	57 min
Dec 5, 9:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	55 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.