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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 8, 1988Maries County, Miller County, Osage County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1988, 3:41 PM CDT for Maries County, Miller County, Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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
May 8, 1988, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1988, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Osage 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
May 8, 4:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Miller, MO
May 8, 4:26 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55Maries, 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

Salem-Leckrone, IL (KSLO), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 279 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, Salem-Leckrone, IL at 12:00Z on 1988-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salem-Leckrone, IL at 12:00Z on 1988-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 9:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXNodaway69 min
May 8, 10:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt30 min
May 8, 11:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt, Nodaway42 min
May 8, 11:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte62 min
May 8, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Clinton55 min
May 8, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson55 min
May 8, 12:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Harrison, Mercer69 min
May 8, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Macon51 min
May 8, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Randolph65 min
May 8, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPutnam, Sullivan44 min
May 8, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Linn, Macon67 min
May 8, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis, Saline67 min
May 8, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAudrain, Boone, Callaway56 min
May 8, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMoniteau56 min
May 8, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMorgan56 min
May 8, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBoone, Cole49 min
May 8, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCallaway, Gasconade, Montgomery64 min
May 8, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBenton, Camden, Morgan57 min
May 8, 10:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDoniphan68 min
May 8, 11:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth66 min
May 8, 11:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson62 min
May 8, 12:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami69 min
May 8, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn55 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.