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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Springfield, MO

October 12, 20225 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 12, 2022, 6:08 AM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 37 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
Oct 12, 2022, 6:08 AM CDT (11:08 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2022, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:08 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 nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2022-10-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1123 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2022-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1244 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
358 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
6.6

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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 Oct 12, 3:34 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 3:34 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 12, 5:56 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
556 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-131100-
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-
556 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri
Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Limited lightning risk.
  Limited Hail Risk
  Elevated fire weather risk.

DISCUSSION...

Isolated showers and thunderstorms will move through the area
this morning. Cloud to ground lightning and brief heavy rainfall
are the main threats. One or two thunderstorms could produce hail
to the size of nickels this morning, mainly west of Springfield.

Gusty northwest winds up to 25 mph and low humidity will lead to
an elevated fire weather threat this afternoon across southeast
Kansas and western Missouri.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Elevated to critical fire danger is expected Thursday and Friday.
An unusually dry air mass is expected with some gusts of around
30 mph on Thursday with humidity levels possibly below 20 percent.

The potential for a frost or freeze is increasing for early next
week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

&&

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 12, 5:51 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 5:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFSt. Clair, Vernon39 min
Oct 12, 6:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDade24 min
Oct 12, 7:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDallas30 min
Oct 12, 7:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMcDonald28 min
Oct 12, 8:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Webster32 min
Oct 12, 8:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFChristian32 min
Oct 12, 8:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Stone, Taney43 min
Oct 12, 9:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFHowell, Ozark30 min
Oct 12, 9:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFHowell36 min
Oct 12, 2:10 PM CDTRed Flag WarningSGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 25 more30 hr

Nearby

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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.