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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Springfield, MO

April 3, 1989Carter County, Ripley County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1989, 5:47 PM CDT for Carter County, Ripley County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 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 3, 1989, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 1989, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carter County, MO, Ripley 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 3, 6:30 PM CDTHail 1Ripley, 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

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1989-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1989-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 3, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon, Texas46 min
Apr 3, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas40 min
Apr 3, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon50 min
Apr 3, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Howell, Texas50 min
Apr 3, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark, Taney46 min
Apr 3, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon51 min
Apr 3, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon47 min
Apr 3, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.