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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Springfield, MO

July 30, 2025Camden County, Laclede County, Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2025, 2:06 PM CDT for Camden County, Laclede County, Pulaski 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: Jul 30, 2025, 2:06 PM CDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2025, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Camden County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Pulaski County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 2383 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1187 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 13 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 30, 12:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 12:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 11:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1105 AM CDT Wed Jul 30 2025

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-311615-
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-
1105 AM CDT Wed Jul 30 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 thunderstorm wind damage risk.
  Elevated lightning risk.
  Significant excessive heat risk.
  Limited excessive rainfall risk

DISCUSSION...

Dangerous heat continues today. An Extreme Heat Warning is in
effect until 8 PM Wednesday for Shannon and Oregon Counties where
the hottest conditions will occur, and a Heat Advisory is in
effect through 8 PM for the rest of the area.

Widely scattered storms will be possible this afternoon through
the evening. The strongest storms may be capable of producing
wind gusts up to 60 mph along with frequent lightning and
torrential rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

There is a 30 to 60% chance for thunderstorms on Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  Spotter activation will not 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

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 1:40 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 1:43 PM CDT, 23 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
Jul 29, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Stone	37 min
Jul 29, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Lawrence	24 min
Jul 30, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Camden	35 min
Jul 30, 1:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Texas	32 min
Jul 30, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps, Texas	26 min
Jul 30, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Taney	34 min
Jul 30, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Laclede	29 min
Jul 30, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Pulaski	35 min
Jul 30, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dent	25 min
Jul 30, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Laclede	35 min
Jul 30, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Christian	29 min
Jul 30, 3:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Texas	26 min
Jul 30, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Wright	37 min
Jul 30, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Shannon	35 min
Jul 30, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Christian	29 min
Jul 30, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon, Texas	27 min
Jul 30, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Wright	36 min
Jul 30, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon, Texas	34 min
Jul 30, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas, Webster, Wright	29 min
Jul 30, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Camden	26 min
Jul 30, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Christian	24 min
Jul 30, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Christian	34 min
Jul 30, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Howell	29 min
Jul 30, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Wright	36 min
Jul 30, 4:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Webster, Wright	6 hr
Jul 30, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Howell, Ozark	25 min
Jul 30, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	36 min
Jul 30, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Howell, Ozark	33 min
Jul 30, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	32 min
Jul 30, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Howell	26 min
Jul 30, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Vernon	37 min
Jul 30, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Camden	33 min
Jul 30, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Lawrence	32 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.