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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Springfield, MO

August 26, 19874 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 1987, 3:07 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 1987, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 1987, 4:05 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barry County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 1987-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 300 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 1987-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 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
300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1410 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
220 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 262007
SVRSGF
MOC009-145-097-109-262105-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
307 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 405 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...NORTHERN BARRY...EASTERN NEWTON...SOUTHEAST 
 JASPER AND LAWRENCE

AT 305 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 20
MILES SOUTHEAST OF JOPLIN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES
PER HOUR.

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH..LARGE HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING..AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN
QUICKLY FLOOD LOW AREA~S.

IF THREATNING  WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY AND RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT TO THE NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

 MURPHY

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.