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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 306, NWS Springfield, MO

July 4, 2026Vernon County, Missouri; Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2026, 12:04 PM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri; Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 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: Jul 4, 2026, 12:04 PM CDT (17:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 4, 6:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 6:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 4:00 AM CDT, 8 hours 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 11:41 AM CDT, 23 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
Jul 4, 12:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	52 min
Jul 4, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	60 min
Jul 4, 1:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Miller and 1 more	54 min
Jul 4, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Morgan, Phelps and 1 more	55 min
Jul 4, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	57 min
Jul 4, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas	57 min
Jul 4, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon, Texas	56 min
Jul 4, 11:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Bourbon	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2026 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2026 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

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.