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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 349, NWS Springfield, MO

July 8, 2024Christian County, Greene County, Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2024, 3:14 PM CDT for Christian County, Greene County, Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 26 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: Jul 8, 2024, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2024, 3:40 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Christian County, MO, Greene County, MO, Webster County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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: 493 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 24 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 Jul 8, 12:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 12:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:13 PM CDT, 1 minute before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
313 PM CDT Mon Jul 8 2024

MOZ090-091-095-082045-
Greene MO-Webster MO-Christian MO-
313 PM CDT Mon Jul 8 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN WEBSTER...
NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES THROUGH 345
PM CDT...

At 312 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from Ozark to Rogersville to 8
miles east of Sparta. Movement was north at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Springfield, Nixa, Ozark, Rogersville, Strafford, Seymour, Sparta,
Highlandville, Fremont Hills, Fordland, Diggins, Oldfield, Turners,
Elkhead, Bruner, Selmore, Keltner, Northview, Christian Center, and
Chadwick.

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 75 and 97.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3693 9308 3694 9332 3727 9334 3738 9303
      3715 9278 3707 9281 3707 9291 3688 9291
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 184DEG 17KT 3704 9324 3711 9306 3699 9293

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Camden

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 2:05 AM CDT	Flood Watch	SGF	Barry, Camden, Christian, Dent, Douglas, Howell and 13 more	37 hr
Jul 8, 12:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	3 days
Jul 8, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Christian	32 min
Jul 8, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps, Pulaski	46 min
Jul 8, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps, Pulaski	17 min
Jul 8, 4:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	6 hr
Jul 8, 4:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Greene, Laclede, Webster, Wright	6 hr
Jul 8, 5:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian	6 hr
Jul 8, 5:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry	6 hr
Jul 8, 5:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Phelps	5 hr
Jul 8, 6:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory	5 hr

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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.