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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Springfield, MO

April 5, 1988Greene County, Polk County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1988, 4:42 PM CDT for Greene County, Polk County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 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
Apr 5, 1988, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 1988, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greene County, MO, Polk 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
Apr 5, 5:37 PM CDTHail 0.75Greene, 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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 1988-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 160 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 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 1988-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 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
160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-285 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1334 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 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 Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry44 min
Apr 5, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper59 min
Apr 5, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton51 min
Apr 5, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFJasper38 min
Apr 5, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton61 min
Apr 5, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar61 min
Apr 5, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade62 min
Apr 5, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry62 min
Apr 5, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian48 min
Apr 5, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas66 min
Apr 5, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Webster57 min
Apr 5, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone59 min
Apr 5, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright59 min
Apr 5, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark65 min
Apr 5, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas65 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.