Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Springfield, MO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 8:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Vernon, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Polk | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Lawrence | 57 min |
| Aug 19, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 57 min |
| Aug 19, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone, Taney | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald | 56 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.