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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2026, 1:14 PM CDT for Howell 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
- Apr 16, 2026, 1:14 PM CDT (18:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2026, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Howell County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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 16, 12:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 12:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Springfield MO 458 AM CDT Thu Apr 16 2026 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-171000- 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- 458 AM CDT Thu Apr 16 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. Marginal thunderstorm wind damage risk. Limited lightning risk. DISCUSSION... Heavy rainfall has ended, but 1 to 4 inches of rain have fallen over the last 24 hours, which caused flash flooding across a narrow corridor of southern Missouri. Residual areal flooding will continue through today. Water is rising across area waterways, especially small tributaries and the Little Osage and Spring Rivers, which are rising into minor flood stage. There is a short window for a few scattered strong to severe thunderstorms this afternoon, especially in areas east of Highway 65 that are south of I-44. The primary hazard would be hail to the size of golf balls, with a secondary damaging wind risk. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Severe thunderstorms expected on Friday, with an Enhanced (level 3 of 5) Risk of severe weather beginning in the afternoon and continuing through the overnight hours into early Saturday morning. All modes of severe weather possible, but widespread damaging winds in excess of 70-80+ mph will be the primary severe hazard as a squall line with several bowing segments develops along the cold front. Flooding will be possible in areas that receive multiple rounds of heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. && 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 Camden
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 16, 9:14 AM CDT, 4 hours before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barry | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Polk | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 7:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Polk | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Miller, Pulaski | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 7:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 7 days |
| Apr 15, 7:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas | 5 hr |
| Apr 15, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Maries | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene, Lawrence, Polk | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 10:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade, Hickory, Jasper, Polk | 13 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory | 13 hr |
| Apr 16, 8:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar | 36 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Wright | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 11:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 12:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Texas | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 12:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dent | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Ozark | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 1:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Howell | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dallas | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Miller | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 2:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Miller | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 3:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Maries | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller | 63 min |
| Apr 16, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Miller | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 4:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Miller | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 5:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller | 13 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller | 12 min |
| Apr 15, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 8:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 3 hr |
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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.