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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Springfield, MO

June 27, 1987Jasper County, Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1987, 5:42 PM CDT for Jasper County, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 53 min. 2 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
Jun 27, 1987, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1987, 6:35 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, MO, Lawrence 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
Jun 27, 6:20 PM CDTHail 1Jasper, MO
Jun 27, 6:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Lawrence, 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 1987-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1987-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2288 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Jun 27, 5:04 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
505PM CDT SAT JUN 27   1987

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING SOUTHWEST MISSOURI FROM THE WEST...

AT 500PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WAS GATHERING STRENGTH ON THE MISSOURI
BORDER IN WESTERN BARTON COUNTY.  THIS STORM INCREASED RAPIDLY IN
BOTH INTENSITY AND SPEED.  MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 40 MPH.
AS IT MOVES INTO BARTON COUNTY WINDS AHEAD OF IT WERE LIKELY TO BE
STRONG AND GUSTY.

NINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence61 min
Jun 27, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFJasper, Newton33 min

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.