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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Springfield, MO

June 29, 2025Vernon County, Missouri; Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2025, 2:30 PM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri; Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 29, 2025, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2025, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 29, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 1158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 975 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 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 Jun 29, 12:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 12:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 1:31 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
131 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-301845-
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-
131 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Marginal hail risk.
  Slight thunderstorm wind damage risk.
  Elevated lightning risk.
  Limited excessive heat risk.
  Elevated excessive rainfall risk

DISCUSSION...

A line of showers and storms will move south through the area this
afternoon into early this evening, with the best coverage west of
Highway 65. East of Highway 65 scattered showers and storms will
continue to develop and move south through the area this
afternoon. Additional locally heavy rainfall will result in a
localized flooding risk across the area this afternoon into this
evening. A few of the stronger storms could produce hail up to
the size of pennies and wind gusts up to 50 to 60 mph.

Additional showers and thunderstorms are then possible tonight
into Monday morning. Locally heavy rainfall will again be possible
with this activity.

Heat Index values across southeast Kansas and extreme southwest
Missouri are forecast to reach the 95 to 100 range today.

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

Additional showers and storms will develop across portions of the
the area on Monday. There is a marginal risk for localized flash
flooding in addition to wind gusts up to 50 to 60 mph with the
storms on Monday.

Daily shower and thunderstorm chances of 10 to 30 percent will
then occur late week into the weekend.

Heat Index values between 95 and 100 then return into the
Independence Day Weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  Spotter activation is not expected to 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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 1:59 PM CDT, 31 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
Jun 28, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	McDonald	34 min
Jun 28, 7:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	11 hr
Jun 28, 8:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	49 hr
Jun 28, 9:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	11 hr
Jun 29, 4:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Miller	10 hr
Jun 29, 5:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski	6 hr
Jun 29, 6:18 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	SGF	Shannon	24 hr
Jun 29, 8:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Miller, Morgan	6 hr
Jun 29, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	34 hr
Jun 29, 1:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Vernon	31 min
Jun 29, 2:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Miller	20 hr
Jun 29, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon	35 min
Jun 29, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	Dade, Greene, Lawrence	45 min
Jun 29, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	Christian, Greene, Stone	50 min
Jun 29, 4:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon	6 hr
Jun 29, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Newton, Stone, Taney	58 min
Jun 29, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney, Webster, Wright	57 min
Jun 29, 5:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Christian, Greene	6 hr
Jun 29, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone	16 min
Jun 29, 5:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Webster	6 hr
Jun 29, 5:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Ozark	6 hr
Jun 29, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark, Stone, Taney	49 min
Jun 29, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Texas, Wright	46 min
Jun 29, 6:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Texas, Wright	5 hr
Jun 29, 6:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Texas, Wright	5 hr

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.