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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

July 26, 1986Laclede County, Wright County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1986, 2:45 PM CDT for Laclede County, Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1986, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1986, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Laclede County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 26, 3:35 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Wright, MO

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 12:00Z on 1986-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1986-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 261951
SVRSGF
MOC105-229-059-262030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
ISSUED BY WSFO ST LOUIS MO
245 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...LACLEDE..WRIGHT..DALLAS

AT 245 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN LACLEDE..WRIGHT
AND DALLAS COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND
25 MPH.
<
REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH..LARGE HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING..AND HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN
QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS.
PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene45 min
Jul 26, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas45 min
Jul 26, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster45 min
Jul 26, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas35 min
Jul 26, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.