Tornado Warning 1, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Jun 27, 1987, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)

Expired

Jun 27, 1987, 7:30 PM CDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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TTAA00 KSGF 272357
TORSGF
MOC145-097-280030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
657 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...NEWTON AND JASPER

650PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO VERY NEAR THE
AREA WHERE REPORTS OF PREVIOUS SIGHTINGS WERE MADE IN CHEROKEE
COUNTY KANSAS.  THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  THE
CITY OF JOPLIN IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND NEOSHO WOULD BE
NEAR THE PATH ALSO.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO SHOULD GO TO A BASEMENT OR AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  LEAVE CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

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

In the hours 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
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

Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 1987Every tornado warning in 1987Tornadoes in 1987

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.