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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO

April 19, 2025Douglas County, Stone County, Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Apr 19, 2025, 3:00 AM CDT for Douglas County, Stone County, Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2025, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2025, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

Counties Douglas County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 71 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: 747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 4.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 19, 1:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 1:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 8:05 PM CDT, 6 hours 55 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
805 PM CDT Fri Apr 18 2025

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-200115-
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-
805 PM CDT Fri Apr 18 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Marginal tornado risk.
  Slight hail risk.
  Slight thunderstorm wind damage risk.
  Significant lightning risk.
  Elevated excessive rainfall risk

DISCUSSION...

Thunderstorm chances increase through tonight. Large hail to the
size of golf balls and damaging winds of 60 to 70 mph are the most
likely hazards. The tornado threat is very low. Frequent cloud to
ground lightning is likely.

Flash flooding is a concern tonight where the heaviest
thunderstorms move over the same areas. Currently areas along and
either side of the Interstate 44 corridor are favored for this
flash flooding potential.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Thunderstorms with the potential for severe weather will continue
Saturday however the confidence in severe weather Saturday is
low. The greatest risk area, if severe storms does occur, is
south of Interstate 44.

The severe weather risk is increasing for Sunday, especially
northeast of Springfield with large hail, damaging winds and
tornadoes all a concern. Additional updates are likely with this
system.

With the additional rounds of rainfall Saturday through Sunday
afternoon, flooding will remain a concern and a Flood Watch is in
effect.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed tonight and again this weekend.

&&

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

Perez

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 18, 11:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 18, 11:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 19, 1:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 19, 1:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 19, 2:33 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 19, 3:00 AM CDT, 0 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
Apr 18, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Newton	46 min
Apr 18, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Lawrence	28 min
Apr 18, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	47 min
Apr 18, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Christian, Greene, Lawrence, Webster	28 min
Apr 18, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barry, Stone	36 min
Apr 18, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Greene, Webster	37 min
Apr 18, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Webster	30 min
Apr 18, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, McDonald, Stone, Taney	45 min
Apr 18, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Webster, Wright	34 min
Apr 18, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas	47 min
Apr 18, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Laclede, Pulaski, Texas, Wright	35 min
Apr 18, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas	48 min
Apr 18, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Christian, Webster	33 min
Apr 18, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon, Texas, Wright	47 min
Apr 19, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon	42 min
Apr 19, 2:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Stone, Taney	27 min
Apr 19, 3:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone	11 hr
Apr 19, 4:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Ozark	44 min
Apr 19, 6:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	McDonald, Newton	45 min
Apr 19, 7:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Newton	6 hr
Apr 19, 8:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Stone, Taney	6 hr
Apr 19, 8:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Shannon	36 min
Apr 19, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	71 hr
Apr 19, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	70 hr
Apr 19, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Phelps	4 days
Apr 19, 10:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Stone	6 hr
Apr 19, 11:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Texas, Webster, Wright	6 hr
Apr 19, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	38 hr
Apr 19, 5:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone	48 hr
Apr 18, 11:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Crawford	29 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.