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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

May 15, 1990Cedar County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1990, 2:53 AM CDT for Cedar County, Missouri. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1990, 2:53 AM CDT (07:53 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1990, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Cedar 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 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 00:00Z on 1990-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1937 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 00:00Z on 1990-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1937 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 150753
SVRSGF
MOC009-039-209-150900-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
253 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      SOUTHERN BARRY...CEDAR...SOUTHERN STONE

AT 250 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 40
MILES NORTH OF JOPLIN AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 60 MILES SOUTH-
WEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
STOCKTON LAKE AND TABLE ROCK RECREATION AREAS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY# LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

 MURPHY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Dade, Jasper, Newton45 min
May 15, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald45 min
May 15, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence67 min
May 15, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon60 min
May 15, 2:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone67 min
May 15, 3:26 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Stone49 min
May 15, 4:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Greene, Lawrence, Polk67 min
May 15, 5:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone51 min
May 15, 6:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Texas, Wright49 min
May 15, 7:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Howell51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.