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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Springfield, MO

August 19, 2025Dent County, Shannon County, Texas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2025, 5:26 PM CDT for Dent County, Shannon County, Texas County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 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
Aug 19, 2025, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2025, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
49 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, Texas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 319 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2025-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1158 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2025-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 9:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarton, Cedar, Vernon32 min
Aug 19, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Texas39 min
Aug 19, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFHowell27 min
Aug 19, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Phelps, Texas50 min
Aug 19, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPulaski29 min
Aug 19, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarry32 min
Aug 19, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Howell, Shannon, Texas28 min
Aug 19, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller, Pulaski24 min
Aug 19, 6:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFMaries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski4 hr
Aug 19, 6:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFPhelps3 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.