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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 337, NWS Springfield, MO

July 10, 2026Benton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2026, 6:44 AM CDT for Benton County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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 10, 2026, 6:44 AM CDT (11:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2026, 7:30 AM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Benton County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:47 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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 2398 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1200 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 9.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 10, 3:02 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 3:02 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 5:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
515 AM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-111015-
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-
515 AM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Marginal hail risk.
  Slight thunderstorm wind damage risk.
  Limited lightning risk.
  Elevated excessive heat risk.
  Elevated excessive rainfall risk

DISCUSSION...

There is a Slight Risk (level 2 of 5) for severe thunderstorms
this afternoon and evening with the potential for damaging winds
up to 60 to 70 mph and hail up to the size of half dollars.

There is a Slight (2 of 4) Risk for excessive rainfall and
localized flash flooding tonight as well as a Flood Watch in
effect for the eastern Ozarks through Saturday morning.

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

There is a Marginal risk for severe thunderstorms Saturday with
damaging wind again the main threat. Flash flooding continues to
be possible through Sunday with multiple rounds of precipitation
expected over the weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening in
central and southwest 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

Nelson

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 7:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	42 min
Jul 9, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Morgan	46 min
Jul 9, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	25 min
Jul 9, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Maries	60 min
Jul 9, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	50 min
Jul 9, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps	32 min
Jul 9, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	44 min
Jul 9, 11:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps	6 hr
Jul 10, 1:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Maries, Phelps	6 hr
Jul 10, 1:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	6 hr
Jul 10, 6:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Dent, Phelps	4 min
Jul 10, 6:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps	115 min
Jul 10, 7:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Camden, Miller, Morgan	45 min
Jul 10, 7:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Maries, Miller, Morgan, Phelps	6 hr
Jul 10, 7:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	2 hr
Jul 10, 7:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan	47 min
Jul 10, 8:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps	14 hr
Jul 10, 8:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Benton, Miller, Morgan	6 hr
Jul 10, 8:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Maries, Pulaski	49 min
Jul 10, 9:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Phelps	30 min
Jul 10, 9:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	12 hr
Jul 10, 12:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Maries	10 hr
Jul 10, 12:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	9 hr
Jul 10, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell	45 min
Jul 10, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Howell	47 min
Jul 10, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Howell	46 min
Jul 10, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Shannon, Texas	56 min
Jul 10, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	51 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.