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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Springfield, MO

August 19, 1987Barton County, Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1987, 7:32 PM CDT for Barton County, Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report 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
Aug 19, 1987, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1987, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barton County, MO, Vernon 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
Aug 19, 8:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Vernon, 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 00:00Z on 1987-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 255 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 00:00Z on 1987-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
255 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 200033
SVRSGF
MOC217-011-200130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
732 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
 
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... VERNON... BARTON
 
AT 730PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 60 MILES
NORTH NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI...MOVING TO TeHE SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
 
GJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade, Polk60 min
Aug 19, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper60 min
Aug 19, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Lawrence57 min
Aug 19, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton57 min
Aug 19, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone, Taney56 min
Aug 19, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, McDonald56 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.