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Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 31, 2023, 3:27 AM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Jul 31, 2023, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2023, 3:27 AM CDT (08:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 31, 2023, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2023, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 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 nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 648 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Jul 31, 3:13 AM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 3:13 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Springfield MO 847 PM CDT Sun Jul 30 2023 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-010200- 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- 847 PM CDT Sun Jul 30 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Limited hail risk. Elevated Limited thunderstorm wind damage risk. Elevated lightning risk. Limited excessive rainfall risk DISCUSSION... A line of strong to severe storms will move rapidly south through much of the forecast area past midnight. Winds to 70 mph and small hail will be likely. Additional strong storms will be possible over central Missouri toward morning. The greatest threat for damaging winds extends north of I-44 and west of Highway 65. In addition...these storms will produce very heavy downpours. The threat for flooding will be limited however due to the fast movement of the storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Friday. A Heat Advisory is in effect for locations along and west of a Nevada to Stockton to Cassville Missouri line Monday. Thunderstorms and cloud cover may slow the rise of temperatures Monday morning but strong recovery is expected by the afternoon. Hot conditions are expected to continue through the weekend into next week with heat index values similar each day as they top out in the upper 90s to 110 degree range. The hottest conditions will occur across southeastern Kansas and southwestern Missouri. Thunderstorm chances will continue over the eastern Ozarks on Monday with some marginally severe storms. Damaging wind will be the main risk, along with the chance for localized flooding. The heat will continue to build back up this week with western Missouri and southeast Kansas remaining the hottest with heat index values from 105 to 110. This heat will spread to the entire area by Wednesday and Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed later this evening into tonight. && More detailed information can be accessed at: http://www.weather.gov/sgf/dsspacket This product in graphical format...along with other weather... hydrological and climate information...at http://www.weather.gov/sgf Runnels
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 31, 12:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1236 AM CDT Mon Jul 31 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1132 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Shell Knob 36.64N 93.63W
07/30/2023 Barry MO Public
Central Crossing FD is reporting a tree down
across YY hwy near Barry/Stone line.
&&
ASLocal storm report, Jul 31, 12:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1240 AM CDT Mon Jul 31 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1143 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Branson 36.64N 93.22W
07/30/2023 Taney MO Fire Dept/Rescue
Multiple trees down and blocking roads.
&&
ASLocal storm report, Jul 31, 12:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1244 AM CDT Mon Jul 31 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Highlandville 36.94N 93.28W
07/30/2023 Christian MO Amateur Radio
Mobile home with part of the roof ripped off
and water flooding into residence east side
of Highlandville on EE road.
&&
ASLocal storm report, Jul 31, 1:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
147 AM CDT Mon Jul 31 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1050 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 WNW Sarcoxie 37.08N 94.16W
07/30/2023 Jasper MO Emergency Mngr
Delayed report from Sunday evening. Several
large tree branches down long with a few
large trees knocked over.
&&
EWLocal storm report, Jul 31, 2:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 12 min |
| Jul 30, 7:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Newton | 6 hr |
| Jul 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 61 min |
| Jul 30, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, St. Clair | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade | 54 min |
| Jul 30, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Morgan, Polk | 66 min |
| Jul 30, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 33 min |
| Jul 30, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 67 min |
| Jul 30, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster | 54 min |
| Jul 30, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 2 more | 63 min |
| Jul 30, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone | 65 min |
| Jul 30, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster | 42 min |
| Jul 30, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 53 min |
| Jul 30, 11:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Christian, Greene, Stone | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 55 min |
| Jul 31, 12:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Webster | 6 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Webster | 33 min |
| Jul 31, 1:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Webster | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:27 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton, Vernon | 41 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:27 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | SGF | Barry, Benton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Greene and 6 more | 41 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.