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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Springfield, MO

March 23, 2025Maries County, Miller County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2025, 5:26 AM CDT for Maries County, Miller County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 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
Mar 23, 2025, 5:26 AM CDT (10:26 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2025, 5:53 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 2025-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2025-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
388 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 Mar 23, 2:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 2:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 8:26 PM CDT, 9 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
826 PM CDT Sat Mar 22 2025

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-240130-
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-
826 PM CDT Sat Mar 22 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Slight hail risk.
  Marginal thunderstorm wind damage risk.
  Elevated lightning risk.
  Elevated fire weather risk.

DISCUSSION...

Dry conditions persist through this evening with widespread
Elevated Fire Danger. Relative humidity values around 20 to 30%
with southeast winds around 10 to 15 mph will continue until rain
chances arrive later tonight.

Thunderstorms will likely develop across northeast Oklahoma after
9pm and then move into the area overnight with a 60 to 90% chance
of showers and thunderstorms. There is a slight chance (15%) for
a few isolated severe thunderstorms tonight. This will mainly be
for large hail up to the size of golf balls, especially west of
Highway 95 and south of Highway 32. Wind gusts up to 60 mph will
also be possible. Frequent cloud to ground lightning will
accompany the storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Shower and thunderstorms exit the the area from west to east
through Sunday morning.

Elevated fire risk returns Sunday afternoon and persists through
Tuesday with modest winds and relative humidity hovering between
20 and 35 percent each day.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 Spotter activation may be needed tonight across the area.

&&

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

Burchfield

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 23, 12:02 AM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 23, 12:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMcDonald30 min
Mar 22, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton49 min
Mar 22, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald35 min
Mar 22, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton39 min
Mar 22, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper20 min
Mar 22, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede35 min
Mar 22, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede27 min
Mar 22, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, St. Clair, Vernon39 min
Mar 22, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Pulaski, Texas52 min
Mar 22, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton19 min
Mar 22, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Hickory, St. Clair46 min
Mar 22, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone27 min
Mar 22, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas, Wright51 min
Mar 22, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden23 min
Mar 22, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone, Taney34 min
Mar 23, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Hickory40 min
Mar 23, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller, Pulaski28 min
Mar 23, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller, Morgan28 min
Mar 23, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Shannon, Texas40 min
Mar 23, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller43 min
Mar 23, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Morgan33 min
Mar 23, 2:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFSt. Clair26 min
Mar 23, 4:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMiller34 min

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.