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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Springfield, MO

May 4, 2024Dent County, Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2024, 1:17 PM CDT for Dent County, Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 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: May 4, 2024, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2024, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dent County, MO, Shannon County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 905 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 May 4, 12:20 PM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 12:20 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 6:04 AM CDT, 7 hours 13 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
604 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-051115-
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-
604 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Limited hail risk.
  Limited thunderstorm wind damage risk.
  Elevated lightning risk.
  Limited excessive rainfall risk
  Limited Fog risk.

DISCUSSION...

Scattered thunderstorms will approach extreme southeast Kansas
and west Missouri and spread eastward through the day. Marginal
Risk for severe weather today. Main hazards are 1 inch hail and 60
mph wind gusts.

Patchy fog is possible again tonight mostly for areas south of
I-44.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

 Widespread rainfall is forecast tomorrow with localized flooding
possible. A few rumbles of thunder may occur, but storms are
expected to stay sub-severe.

  A stronger storm system looks to approach the region by Monday
 night into Tuesday of next week with additional thunderstorm
chances, some of which may be strong to severe.

  Localized flooding will be possible this weekend into early
  next week as multiple rounds of showers and storms track across
  the region.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  Spotter activation will not be needed through 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

Soria

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 4, 7:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
740 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

MOZ079>081-090-091-041315-
Dallas MO-Polk MO-Greene MO-Webster MO-Laclede MO-
740 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN WEBSTER...SOUTHERN
DALLAS...SOUTHEASTERN POLK...SOUTHWESTERN LACLEDE AND NORTHEASTERN
GREENE COUNTIES THROUGH 815 AM CDT...

At 740 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Pleasant Hope, or 12 miles south of Buffalo, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Marshfield, Fair Grove, Conway, Niangua, Phillipsburg, Olive,
Elkland, Rader, Foose, March, and Charity.

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 101 and 122.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3737 9325 3757 9327 3763 9269 3735 9269
TIME...MOT...LOC 1240Z 270DEG 26KT 3748 9317

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Hatch

Local storm report, May 4, 7:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 8:18 AM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 8:24 AM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 9:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 1:10 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 7:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dallas	35 min
May 4, 7:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Webster	25 min
May 4, 8:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Polk	27 min
May 4, 9:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Wright	39 min
May 4, 1:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Reynolds	35 min
May 4, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Taney	31 min
May 4, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Texas	27 min
May 4, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Douglas	37 min
May 4, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dent, Texas	32 min
May 4, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Texas	19 min
May 4, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	42 min
May 4, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Ozark	35 min
May 4, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	52 min
May 4, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Texas	25 min

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.