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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO

May 3, 1987Christian County, Greene County, Webster County, Missouri

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 3, 1:20 PM CDTHail 0.75Greene, MO
May 3, 1:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Webster, MO
May 3, 1:40 PM CDTHail 1Christian, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1987-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2517 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 1987-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 343 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
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

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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/TS

What 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.