Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1987, 1:00 PM CDT for Christian County, Greene County, Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 60 min. 3 reports 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
- May 3, 1987, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1987, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Christian County, MO, Greene County, MO, 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 1:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Greene, MO | |
| May 3, 1:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Webster, MO | |
| May 3, 1:40 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Christian, 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 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 66 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2517 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSGF 031801
SVRSGF
MOC225-043-077-031900-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
ISSUED BY ST LOUIS
100 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... WEBSTER
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... CHRISTIAN... GREENE
AT 1255 PM CDT...THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS OBSERVED AT THE
SPRINGFIELD AIRPORT IN GREENE COUNTY.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH
...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOQWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.
PB/TSWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 3, 9:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 905 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 1987 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 905 AM TWO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS OZARK AND TEXAS COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. ONE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTHEAST OZARK COUNTY...15 MILES WEST OF WEST PLAINS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE BETWEEN POMONA AND WEST PLAINS BY 930. THE OTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTY 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOUSTON MISSOURI. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HOUSTON AS IT MOVES EAST NORTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AND PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FURTHER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THESE STORMS. LEE
Special weather statement, May 3, 12:13 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1210 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI OUT OF ARKANSAS... AT 1210 AM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR EUREKA SPRINGS AND BERRYVILLE ARKANSAS...40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONETT MISSOURI. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND MAY PRODUCE SUDDEN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS IT MO VES ACROSS SOUTHEAST BARRY AND STONE COUNTY. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. LEE
Special weather statement, May 3, 12:17 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1210 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI OUT OF ARKANSAS... AT 1210 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR EUREKA SPRINGS AND BERRYVILLE ARKANSAS...40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONETT MISSOURI. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND MAY PRODUCE SUDDEN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS IT MOV*ES ACROSS SOUTHEAST BARRY AND STONE COUNTY. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. LEE
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.