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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Springfield, MO

June 21, 1990Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1990, 7:25 PM CDT for Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 65 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
Jun 21, 1990, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1990, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Taney 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
Jun 21, 7:55 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Taney, 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

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 1990-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 90 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1990-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 270 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
90 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-229 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
329 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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
Jun 21, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone65 min
Jun 21, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark, Taney57 min
Jun 21, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian57 min
Jun 21, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Ozark65 min
Jun 21, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.