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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 9, 1990Maries County, Miller County, Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1990, 4:01 PM CDT for Maries County, Miller County, Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 1990, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 1990, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Pulaski County, MO

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 1990-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1504 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1990-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1504 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1211 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 092101
SVRCOU
MOC169-125-131-092145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
401 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
      NORTHERN PULASKI...WESTERN MARIES...SOUTHERN MILLER

AT 355PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES WEST OF
ROLLA...NEAR IBERIA...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT ONLY 15 MPH.

DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  STAY INSIDE AND...
AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

 uGOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

 LARM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMaries, Miller, Moniteau, Pulaski41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.