Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 5, 2021, 9:03 PM CST for Douglas County, Ozark County, Missouri. It was in force for 57 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2021, 9:03 PM CST (03:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 5, 2021, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Douglas County, MO, Ozark County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 9:40 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Gentryville, MO | |
| Dec 5, 9:43 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Drury, MO | |
| Dec 5, 9:48 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Drury, MO | |
| Dec 5, 9:53 PM CST | HAIL 1.25 | 4 E Wasola, MO | PICTURES AND VIDEO INDICATED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL ALONG THE OZARK-DOUGLAS COUNTY LINE. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR AS MULTIPLE HAIL CORES WENT OVER THIS LOCATION. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KSGF 060303
SVRSGF
MOC067-153-060400-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0163.211206T0303Z-211206T0400Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
903 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Ozark County in southwestern Missouri...
Southern Douglas County in southwestern Missouri...
* Until 1000 PM CST.
* At 903 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles south of
Ava, 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...
Wasola... Brixey...
Noble... Squires...
Dora... Rockbridge...
Drury... Gentryville...
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 3686 9277 3697 9209 3679 9210 3679 9212
3674 9212 3673 9277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 265DEG 32KT 3678 9266
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Cramer2 follow-up statements
102
WWUS53 KSGF 060346
SVSSGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
946 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021
MOC067-153-060400-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0163.000000T0000Z-211206T0400Z/
Ozark MO-Douglas MO-
946 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN OZARK AND SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...
At 946 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wasola, moving
east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Wasola... Brixey...
Noble... Dora...
Rockbridge... Drury...
Gentryville...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 3697 9209 3679 9210 3679 9212 3674 9212
3673 9263 3689 9260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 260DEG 38KT 3679 9257
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Cramer990
WWUS53 KSGF 060400
SVSSGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1000 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021
MOC067-153-060410-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0163.000000T0000Z-211206T0400Z/
Ozark MO-Douglas MO-
1000 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OZARK AND
SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
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
south central and southwestern Missouri.
LAT...LON 3697 9209 3679 9210 3679 9212 3674 9212
3673 9263 3689 9260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0400Z 265DEG 32KT 3680 9244
$$
CramerThe 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, 8:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 18 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.