Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1987, 7:40 PM CDT for Barry County, McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1987, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1987, 8:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barry County, MO, 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
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, 2 hours 36 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
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 610PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1987 AT 610PM CDT A WARNING FOR JASPER AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 635PM. RADAR SHOWS THE STORM ON THE BARTON-JASPER COUNTY LINE JUST WEST OF JASPER OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF JOPLIN. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IT NOW APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST PART OF THE STORM WILL MISS CARTHAGE TO THE NORTHEASDT. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. NINE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Ozark, Taney | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.