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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO

May 5, 1987McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1987, 5:54 PM CDT for McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 1987, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1987, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties McDonald County, MO, Newton 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 1987-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 122 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 1987-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 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 052254
SVRSGF
MOC119-145-052330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
ISSUED BY ST LOUIS
554 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
 
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... MCDONALD... NEWTON
                                                                         
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 545 PM CDT INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
MOVING INTO NEWTON AND MC DONALD COUNTIES IN MISSOURI. 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH
...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEA8VY RAIN.  FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.
 
SLAUGHTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton58 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.