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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Springfield, MO

June 17, 2025McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2025, 11:29 PM CDT for McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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
Jun 17, 2025, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2025, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 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
Jun 17, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2025-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 273 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 2025-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
273 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMcDonald, Newton42 min
Jun 18, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatSGFMcDonald, Newton57 min
Jun 18, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton54 min
Jun 18, 2:15 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFBarton, Jasper5 hr
Jun 18, 5:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMorgan38 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.