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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Springfield, MO

May 26, 2024Dent County, Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2024, 6:51 PM CDT for Dent County, Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 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, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2024, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 24 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

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 26, 4:01 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

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, 6:29 PM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 6:29 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 3:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
357 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-272100-
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-
357 PM 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.
  Significant hail risk.
  Significant thunderstorm wind damage risk.
  Elevated lightning risk.
  Elevated excessive rainfall risk

DISCUSSION...

Severe storms will continue to push across the eastern Ozarks
this afternoon/evening with the risk of tornadoes, damaging wind
gusts up to 80 mph and up to baseball size hail. In addition,
heavy rain may produce some areas of flooding.

.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 later today or tonight across
the entire area.

&&

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

Local storm report, May 26, 5:56 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
556 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

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

0536 PM     Hail             5 N Edgar Springs       37.78N 91.87W
05/26/2024  E1.75 Inch       Phelps             MO   Trained Spotter

&&

MB

Local storm report, May 26, 6:00 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
600 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

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

0550 PM     Hail             7 S Rolla               37.86N 91.80W
05/26/2024  E1.00 Inch       Phelps             MO   Public

            Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

0552 PM     Hail             4 N Lecoma              37.83N 91.72W
05/26/2024  E1.00 Inch       Phelps             MO   Public

            Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

&&

Local storm report, May 26, 6:12 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
612 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

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

0508 PM     Tornado          2 SSW Manes             37.36N 92.38W
05/26/2024                   Wright             MO   Trained Spotter

&&

SR

Local storm report, May 26, 6:17 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
617 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

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

0530 PM     Tornado          5 NE Willow Springs     37.05N 91.91W
05/26/2024                   Howell             MO   Public

&&

SR

Local storm report, May 26, 6:18 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
618 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024

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

0617 PM     Tornado          3 E Birch Tree          37.00N 91.44W
05/26/2024                   Shannon            MO   Trained Spotter

            Video confirms a tornado on the ground with
            debris in the air.

&&

SR

Local storm report, May 26, 6:25 PM CDT, 26 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, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	38 min
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

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.