Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 1988, 5:28 PM CST for Barton County, Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 62 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
- Nov 9, 1988, 5:28 PM CST (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 9, 1988, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barton County, MO, Jasper 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 5:45 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Jasper, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 411 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 395 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 9, 3:24 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 320PM CST WED NOV 9 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH #466 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM CST... AT 320 PM CST A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS LINE OF STRONG STORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEVADA..OR 80 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN TO 50 MILES WEST OF JOPLIN. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS VERNON AND BARTON COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI BETWEEN 330PM AND 430PM CST. LARGE HAIL, STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THESE STORMS. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINGS CONCERNING THE STORMS. VALDEMAR
Special weather statement, Nov 9, 4:14 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 415 PM CST WED NOV 9 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 466 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST... ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 410 PM CST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM TULSA OKLAHOMA TO 60 MILES NORTH OF JOPLIN MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THE LINE WAS 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO BARTON COUNTY BY 430 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED 11/4 HAIL AS IT MOVED ACROSS PARSONS KANSAS. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BU;SINESS. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINGS CONCERNING THE STORMS. LEE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 4:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 48 min |
| Nov 9, 5:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton | 28 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.