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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

June 2, 1987Texas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1987, 7:30 PM CDT for Texas County, Missouri. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1987, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1987, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Texas 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 1987-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2153 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1987-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
2153 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1170 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 030030
SVRSGF
MOC215-030130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
730 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY OF

SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...TEXAS

AT 730PM CDT A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR JUST
WEST OF LICKING OR 10 MILES NORTH OF HOUSTON MISSOURI.  MOVEMENT
WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO A.DVANCE WARNING.
BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

 NINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Stone44 min
Jun 2, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Taney44 min

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.