Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1986, 6:56 PM CDT for Greene County, Missouri. It was in force for 64 min. 3 reports 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
- Aug 1, 1986, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1986, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greene 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:11 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Greene, MO | |
| Aug 1, 7:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Greene, MO | |
| Aug 1, 7:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Greene, 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 1416 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 012356 SVRSGF MOC039-057-077-020100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 656 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN CEDAR...DADE AND GREENE RADAR AT 645PM CDT INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR JERICHO SPRINGS MISSOURI ON THE CEDAR AND DADE COUNTY LINE..OR 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD..MOVING SOUTHEAST 55 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER ASH GROVE OR 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD MOVING SOUTHEAST 55 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDESTORM PRODUCES DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH..LARGE HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING..AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE$ IMMEDIATELY AND RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LEE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 62 min |
| Aug 1, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade | 64 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.