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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Springfield, MO

May 16, 1990Barton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1990, 3:06 PM CDT for Barton County, Missouri. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1990, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1990, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Barton 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 1990-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 151 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 1990-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 390 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
151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-207 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
390 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
446 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 162006
SVRSGF
MOC011-145-162115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
306 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      BARTON...NEWTON

AT 3PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS BARTON COUNTY IN
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WITH LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THESE STORMS
WILL MOVE INTO NEWTON COUNTY IN 15 MINUTES AND BY 4 PM CDT SHOULD
MOVE TO A LINE FROM STOCKTON LAKE TO NEAR NEOSHO OR 20 MILES SOUTH
OF JOPLIN MISSOURI.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING.

 BAREIS

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, May 16, 1:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
MOZ015-019-016-161930

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
140 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM 30
MILES NORTH OF NEVADA MISSOURI TO NEAR BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA.

TORNADO WATCH 244 IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 8PM. THIS LINE
OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS IT MOVES INTO
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WITH A RISK OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15
TO 20 MPH.

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 BULLETINS CONCERNING THE STO6RMS.

BAREIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, McDonald66 min
May 16, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, Newton60 min
May 16, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, Vernon60 min
May 16, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone60 min
May 16, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar60 min
May 16, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Taney60 min
May 16, 12:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Vernon3 hr
May 16, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon63 min
May 16, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Jasper44 min
May 16, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar44 min
May 16, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton69 min
May 16, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Jasper, Lawrence60 min
May 16, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede66 min
May 16, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton66 min
May 16, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Polk66 min
May 16, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, Stone58 min
May 16, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian58 min
May 16, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Shannon, Texas62 min
May 16, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark62 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.