Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2021, 4:53 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 17, 2021, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barry County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Newton County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 5:43 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Wsw Stotts City, MO | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED VIA MPING. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 956 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
772
WUUS53 KSGF 172153
SVRSGF
MOC009-097-109-145-172245-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0009.210317T2153Z-210317T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
453 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Newton County in southwestern Missouri...
Northwestern Barry County in southwestern Missouri...
Southwestern Lawrence County in southwestern Missouri...
Southeastern Jasper County in southwestern Missouri...
* Until 545 PM CDT.
* At 453 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fairview, or
11 miles west of Monett, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Monett... Sarcoxie...
Pierce City... Fairview...
Newtonia... Pioneer...
Freistatt... Wentworth...
Stark City... Reeds...
Ritchey...
This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 26 and 34.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for southwestern
Missouri.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3682 9421 3712 9419 3709 9405 3703 9379
3680 9410
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 212DEG 22KT 3686 9412
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Rothstein1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KSGF 172206
SVSSGF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
506 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
MOC009-097-109-145-172245-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210317T2245Z/
Newton MO-Barry MO-Lawrence MO-Jasper MO-
506 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN NEWTON...NORTHWESTERN BARRY...SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE
AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES...
At 505 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pierce City, or
7 miles west of Monett, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Monett... Sarcoxie...
Pierce City... Newtonia...
Pioneer... Freistatt...
Wentworth... Stark City...
Reeds... Ritchey...
This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 26 and 34.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for southwestern
Missouri.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3685 9419 3712 9419 3709 9405 3703 9379
3683 9406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 212DEG 22KT 3693 9407
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RothsteinThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 23 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Laclede | 25 min |
| Mar 17, 4:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Benton | 23 min |
| Mar 17, 5:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Vernon | 29 min |
| Mar 17, 5:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Newton | 57 min |
| Mar 17, 7:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dallas | 32 min |
| Mar 17, 10:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Greene, Webster | 4 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | McDonald | 33 min |
| Mar 17, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 40 min |
| Mar 17, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Newton | 50 min |
| Mar 17, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | McDonald | 30 min |
| Mar 17, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 50 min |
| Mar 17, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 50 min |
| Mar 17, 5:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 4 hr |
| Mar 17, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Newton | 35 min |
| Mar 17, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 33 min |
| Mar 17, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence | 43 min |
| Mar 17, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 57 min |
| Mar 17, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence | 27 min |
| Mar 17, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 37 min |
| Mar 17, 5:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence, Newton | 4 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Dade, Greene, Lawrence | 44 min |
| Mar 17, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 17 min |
| Mar 17, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 25 min |
| Mar 17, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone | 50 min |
| Mar 17, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone | 23 min |
| Mar 17, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Greene | 51 min |
| Mar 17, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 57 min |
| Mar 17, 6:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, Stone | 4 hr |
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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.