Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 16, 1987Camden County, Miller County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 1987, 2:59 PM CDT for Camden County, Miller County, Missouri. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 1987, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 1987, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Camden County, MO, Miller 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 1987-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1069 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 12:00Z on 1987-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 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
1069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 161959
SVRCOU
MOC029-131-162100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
259 PM CDT WED SEP 16 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

CENTRAL MISSOURI...EASTERN CAMDEN AND MILLER

AT 257 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CAMDENTON OR 50 MILES SOUTHWEFST OF JEFFERSON CITY
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

BOATERS ON LAKES SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

 HAGEMEYER

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

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.