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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO

April 7, 1986Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 1986, 7:36 PM CST for Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 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
Apr 7, 1986, 7:36 PM CST (01:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 1986, 8:15 PM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Webster 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
Apr 7, 8:00 PM CSTHail 0.75Webster, 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 1986-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1744 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 1986-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1744 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
10.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 080136
SVRSGF
MOC225-080215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
736 PM CST MON APR 7 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY OF


SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...WEBSTER

AT 733 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
EAST OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. THE CITIES OF FORDLAND AND
MARSHFIELD ARE INCLUDED.

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.

THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING..SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY AND RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

 MURPHY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 6:14 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFNewton46 min
Apr 7, 6:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper59 min
Apr 7, 6:36 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFJasper24 min
Apr 7, 6:53 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence37 min
Apr 7, 7:00 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Greene45 min
Apr 7, 7:15 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFJasper30 min
Apr 7, 7:52 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald28 min
Apr 7, 8:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper44 min
Apr 7, 9:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade56 min
Apr 7, 9:57 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald23 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.