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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Springfield, MO

October 3, 1986Cedar County, Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 3, 1986, 2:04 AM CDT for Cedar County, Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 3, 1986, 2:04 AM CDT (07:04 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 1986, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cedar County, MO, Vernon 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 1986-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1026 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 1986-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 332 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1026 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
332 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
391 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
10.6

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The text

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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.