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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO

May 3, 1990Jasper County, Lawrence County, Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1990, 6:49 PM CDT for Jasper County, Lawrence County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 1990, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 1990, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, MO, Lawrence 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 1990-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1990-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 397 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
397 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
341 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 KSGF 032349
SVRSGF
MOC109-145-097-040045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
649 PM CDT THU MAY 3 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      WESTERN LAWRENCE...EASTERN NEWTON...EASTERN JASPER

AT 645 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN
NEWTON AND EASTERN JASPER COUNTIES OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SPRINGFIELD MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR.
DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SORMS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE+ HAIL
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

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

 MURPHY

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 3, 6:13 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
MOZ019-040000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
610 PM CDT THU MAY 3 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 610 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH MCDONALD COUNTY BY 630 PM AND INTO
NEWTON COUNTY AND THE CITY OF NEOSHO BY 715 PM CDT.
MURPHY
Special weather statement, May 3, 6:23 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
MOZ019-040000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
625 PM CDT THU MAY 3 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 625 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORM CELLS FROM
20 MILES TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING SEVERE AND PERSONS
IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR FURTHER BULLETINS.
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE CITY OF NEOSHO IN CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY BY 700 PM CDT.
MURPHY
Special weather statement, May 3, 6:37 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
MOZ019-016-040015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
635 PM CDT THU MAY 3 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 635 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORM CELLS FROM 10
MILES SOUTH OF JOPLIN TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN. ANOTHER STRONG
CELL HAD DEVELOPED 20 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR FORDLAND.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING SEVERE AND PERSONS
IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR FURTHER BULLETINS.
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AND LOW LEVEL
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THESE  ARAS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CITY
OF NEOSHO IN CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY BY
730 PM CDT.
MURPHY

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.