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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Springfield, MO

April 27, 2026Douglas County, Texas County, Wright County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2026, 6:35 PM CDT for Douglas County, Texas County, Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 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: Apr 27, 2026, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2026, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Douglas County, MO, Texas County, MO, Wright County, MO

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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
Apr 27, 12:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

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 Apr 27, 6:33 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 6:33 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 3:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 27, 5:57 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 6:01 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 6:12 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 27, 6:23 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 27, 6:26 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 27, 6:31 PM CDT, 4 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 26, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	62 min
Apr 26, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	41 min
Apr 26, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Camden, Morgan	38 min
Apr 26, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Polk	63 min
Apr 26, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Greene, Polk	60 min
Apr 26, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene, Polk	48 min
Apr 26, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	51 min
Apr 26, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Morgan	50 min
Apr 26, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Polk	29 min
Apr 26, 8:17 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	SGF	Vernon	5 hr
Apr 26, 8:17 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	SGF	St. Clair	8 hr
Apr 26, 8:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Greene, Polk	41 min
Apr 26, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	52 min
Apr 26, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dallas, Polk	47 min
Apr 26, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	41 min
Apr 26, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller	66 min
Apr 26, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Polk, Webster	51 min
Apr 26, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dallas, Polk	39 min
Apr 26, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dallas, Hickory, Polk	63 min
Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	6 hr
Apr 26, 9:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede	43 min
Apr 26, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	53 min
Apr 26, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	66 min
Apr 26, 9:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	48 min
Apr 26, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dallas, Laclede	51 min
Apr 26, 10:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	SGF	Jasper, Newton	43 min
Apr 26, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede	55 min
Apr 26, 10:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	38 min
Apr 26, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	Laclede, Pulaski, Texas	60 min
Apr 26, 10:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Dallas, Laclede, Polk, Webster	6 hr
Apr 26, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory, St. Clair	41 min
Apr 26, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Jasper, Newton	38 min
Apr 26, 10:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton	49 min
Apr 26, 10:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas	6 hr
Apr 26, 10:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory	42 min
Apr 26, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Pulaski	39 min
Apr 26, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory	50 min
Apr 26, 11:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Laclede	6 hr
Apr 26, 11:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	6 hr
Apr 26, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton	39 min
Apr 26, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Pulaski	51 min
Apr 26, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	18 min
Apr 26, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede	46 min
Apr 26, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton	52 min
Apr 27, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dent, Phelps, Pulaski	39 min
Apr 27, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	52 min
Apr 27, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone, Taney	40 min
Apr 27, 12:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Pulaski	5 hr
Apr 27, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Maries, Phelps	50 min
Apr 27, 12:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski	6 hr
Apr 27, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone, Taney	16 min
Apr 27, 1:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps	40 min
Apr 27, 1:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	3 days
Apr 27, 2:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps	38 min
Apr 27, 3:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	St. Clair, Vernon	5 days
Apr 27, 9:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Benton, Morgan	37 min
Apr 27, 10:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Morgan	3 hr
Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Benton	45 min
Apr 27, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Morgan	22 min
Apr 27, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Benton	27 min
Apr 27, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Jasper, Lawrence, Newton	54 min
Apr 27, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Hickory	50 min
Apr 27, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory	32 min
Apr 27, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Jasper, Lawrence, Newton	28 min
Apr 27, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	26 min
Apr 27, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Christian, Greene, Lawrence	50 min
Apr 27, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Morgan	45 min
Apr 27, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Polk	52 min
Apr 27, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Polk	24 min
Apr 27, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone	48 min
Apr 27, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller, Morgan	30 min
Apr 27, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	McDonald	39 min
Apr 27, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald	35 min
Apr 27, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede	61 min
Apr 27, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	19 min
Apr 27, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Greene, Webster, Wright	56 min
Apr 27, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	37 min
Apr 27, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene	32 min
Apr 27, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Miller, Pulaski	39 min
Apr 27, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Laclede, Pulaski	47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.