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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Springfield, MO

August 1, 19864 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1986, 7:52 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 68 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
Aug 1, 1986, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 1986, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Stone 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
Aug 1, 8:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Christian, 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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 1986-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 542 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 1986-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
542 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2282 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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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
Aug 1, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence26 min
Aug 1, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede, Polk, Webster68 min
Aug 1, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone, Taney60 min
Aug 1, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas60 min
Aug 1, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald60 min
Aug 1, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Texas60 min
Aug 1, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon, Ripley43 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.