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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2026, 5:23 PM CDT for St. Clair County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 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
- Jun 11, 2026, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2026, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County St. Clair County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1772 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 688 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
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 Jun 11, 2:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 2:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 3:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Springfield MO 303 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-122015- 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- 303 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Slight tornado risk. Slight hail risk. Slight thunderstorm wind damage risk. Elevated lightning risk. Elevated excessive heat risk. Limited excessive rainfall risk Limited non thunderstorm wind risk. DISCUSSION... Severe thunderstorm watch in effect from now until 9 PM for most of the area. Hail up to the size of golf balls and wind gusts of 60-70 mph will be the primary hazards, with a secondary risk of tornadoes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Additional rain chances on Saturday and Sunday may pose a risk for flash flooding due to recent heavy rainfall, elevated streamflows, and saturated soils. A Flood Watch may be needed. A Slight Risk (2/5) for severe weather has been issued for most of the area on Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed tonight for southeast Kansas and southern Missouri. && 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 Soria
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Benton | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 26 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.