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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Springfield, MO

July 12, 1986McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1986, 9:51 PM CDT for McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 1986, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1986, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 51 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1986-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3026 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1986-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3026 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.7
Supercell composite
16.8

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton54 min
Jul 12, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Vernon52 min
Jul 12, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarton38 min
Jul 12, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDade51 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.