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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 328, NWS Springfield, MO

August 4, 2023Morgan County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2023, 8:24 PM CDT for Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 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
Aug 4, 2023, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Morgan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 4, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2023-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3510 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2023-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3510 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
9.7

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 6:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMcDonald42 min
Aug 5, 10:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFJasper, Newton3 hr
Aug 5, 4:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFCherokee98 min
Aug 5, 6:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee6 hr
Aug 5, 8:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFCherokee29 min
Aug 5, 12:08 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFCherokee4 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.