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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 215, NWS Springfield, MO

May 26, 2024Benton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2024, 3:22 PM CDT for Benton County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 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 26, 2024, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2024, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Benton County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 505 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 368 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 742 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 12.9

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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 26, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 5:33 AM CDT, 9 hours 49 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
533 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-271045-
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-
533 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Elevated tornado risk.
  Elevated hail risk.
  Elevated thunderstorm wind damage risk.
  Elevated lightning risk.
  Limited excessive rainfall risk
  Limited non thunderstorm wind risk.

DISCUSSION...

Severe storms will continue to push across the eastern Ozarks this
morning with the risk of tornadoes, damaging wind gusts up to 70
mph and up to golf ball size hail. In addition, heavy rain may
produce some areas of flooding.

Additional thunderstorm development will be possible later this
afternoon ahead of a cold front. This will mainly be across areas
east of US 65 and linger into the early evening hours. Damaging
winds up to 60 mph, golf ball size hail and a isolated tornadoes
will be possible with the afternoon thunderstorms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Additional thunderstorms will be possible late in the week into
next weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed for areas mainly east of the US
65 corridor.

&&

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

Lindenberg

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 11:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 11:11 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 11:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1115 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0754 AM     Flood            4 WNW Ava               36.97N 92.73W
05/26/2024                   Douglas            MO   Dept of Highways

            Road closed due to flooding Route Y West and
            Eastbound (DOUGLAS County).

&&

TEO

Local storm report, May 26, 11:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1148 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 AM     Flood            1 NNW Houston           37.33N 91.96W
05/26/2024                   Texas              MO   Public

            Sent a picture of Mineral road with water
            over low water crossing.

&&

TEO

Local storm report, May 26, 11:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 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 25, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barton, Jasper	19 min
May 25, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon	42 min
May 25, 11:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade	23 min
May 25, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	46 min
May 25, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Polk	65 min
May 25, 11:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	23 min
May 26, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	45 min
May 26, 12:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Polk	44 min
May 26, 12:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Polk	16 min
May 26, 1:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	3 hr
May 26, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald	49 min
May 26, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	McDonald, Newton	54 min
May 26, 3:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	6 hr
May 26, 3:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone	44 min
May 26, 3:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Vernon	65 min
May 26, 3:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton	42 min
May 26, 3:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Taney	46 min
May 26, 3:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster, Wright	44 min
May 26, 3:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Taney	28 min
May 26, 3:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Webster, Wright	24 min
May 26, 3:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade, Lawrence	24 min
May 26, 3:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	SGF	Wright	31 min
May 26, 3:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone, Taney	41 min
May 26, 3:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Ozark, Taney	24 min
May 26, 4:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas	57 min
May 26, 4:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Hickory, Laclede and 2 more	41 min
May 26, 4:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dade, Polk	6 hr
May 26, 4:07 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Ozark	38 min
May 26, 4:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Wright	25 min
May 26, 4:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas	12 min
May 26, 4:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	SGF	Douglas	37 min
May 26, 4:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney	49 min
May 26, 4:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede	6 hr
May 26, 4:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell	17 min
May 26, 4:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	48 min
May 26, 5:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark	66 min
May 26, 5:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	41 min
May 26, 5:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Shannon	17 min
May 26, 5:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Oregon	44 min
May 26, 6:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	13 min
May 26, 6:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry	6 hr
May 26, 6:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Shannon, Texas	6 hr
May 26, 7:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry	5 hr
May 26, 8:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Shannon	35 min
May 26, 8:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon, Texas	6 hr
May 26, 8:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	11 hr
May 26, 10:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Dade, Dallas, Polk	10 hr
May 26, 10:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	33 hr
May 26, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar	30 hr
May 26, 12:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry	8 hr
May 26, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	51 min
May 26, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Morgan	41 min
May 26, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dade, Greene, Polk	39 min
May 26, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Webster	57 min
May 26, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Miller, Morgan	54 min
May 26, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory	62 min
May 26, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede	60 min
May 26, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	St. Clair	59 min
May 26, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Vernon	24 min
May 26, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dallas, Greene, Polk	38 min
May 26, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan	66 min
May 26, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barry, McDonald	61 min
May 26, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede	67 min
May 26, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Wright	50 min
May 26, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, Newton	20 min
May 26, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	Camden, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	43 min
May 26, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	56 min
May 26, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Cedar, Dallas, Hickory, Polk	64 min
May 26, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski	62 min
May 26, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory	35 min
May 26, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Texas	49 min
May 26, 5:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Texas, Wright	39 min
May 26, 5:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald	6 hr
May 26, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barry, Stone	66 min
May 26, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	66 min
May 26, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Shannon, Texas	43 min
May 26, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps, Pulaski	40 min
May 26, 5:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Polk, Pulaski and 1 more	6 hr
May 26, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Polk, Pulaski	52 min
May 26, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell, Shannon, Texas	49 min

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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.