Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1990, 12:45 AM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1990, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1990, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County McDonald 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 57 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSTL 150549
SVRSGF
MOC011-057-097-119-145-150630-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
ISSUED BY ST LOUIS MO
1245 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
...BARTON...DADE...JASPER...MCDONALD...NEWTON
RADAR AT 1230 AM CDT INDICATES A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF JOPLIN TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
JOPLIN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVmY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
EISEWhat 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 14, 9:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-150300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 915 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEGINNIG TO MOVE INTO BARTON COUNTY 35 MILES NORTH OF JOPLIN MISSOURI... RADAR AT 910 PM CDT INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST BARTON COUNTY INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF VERNON COUNTY. THIS SPEED AND DIRECTION WILL TAKE THE THUNDERSTORM ACROSS THE TOWNS OF OSKALOOSA...HANNON...AND BRONAUGH BY 930 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND...HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES INTZO SOUTHCENTRAL VERNON COUNTY. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THIS STORM. LEE
Special weather statement, May 14, 9:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-150345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 950 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990 ...A CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED INTO VERNON COUNTY... RADAR AT 945 PM CDT INDICATED A CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN ONE HALF OF VERNON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IN THE CLUSTER WAS 45 MILES NORTH OF JOPLIN JUST WEST OF NEVADA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TOWN OF NEVADA BY 10 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THE STORMS. LEE
Special weather statement, May 14, 10:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
MOZ015-016-150400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1020 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990 ...THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER VERNON COUNTY WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO ST CLAIR COUNTY... A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTHEAST VERNON COUNTY AT 1015 PM. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THE CLUSTER WAS 60 MILES NORTH OF JOPLIN MISSOURI IN THE AREA OF SCHELL CITY....FAIR HAVEN...AND HARWOOD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CEDAR COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF ELDORADO SPRINGS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND HAIL. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR NEVADA FROM THESE STORMS. LEE
Special weather statement, May 14, 11:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
MOZ015-016-150515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1130 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO WESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... RADAR AT 1125 PM INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF TULSA OKLAHOMA INTO JASPER COUNTY MISSOURI 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IN THIS LINE WAS IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA OVER CRAIG COUNTY 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MPH. THE STORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WIND...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THE STORMS. LEE
Special weather statement, May 15, 12:02 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
M:SPS IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. 0 PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THE STORMS.
Special weather statement, May 15, 12:12 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-150600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1210 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... RADAR AT 1205 AM INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOUR AROUND THE JOPLIN AREA. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI JUST WEST OF PITTSBURG KANSAS TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN IN EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE WAS 10 MILES WEST OF JOPLIN AND MOVING EAST 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE 40 TO 50 MILE AN HOUR WIND...HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE LAMAR...JOPLIN...AND NEOSHO AR9EA BY 1230 AM. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THE STORMS. LEE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Dade, Jasper, Newton | 45 min |
| May 15, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 67 min |
| May 15, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 60 min |
| May 15, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 67 min |
| May 15, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar | 67 min |
| May 15, 3:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 49 min |
| May 15, 4:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene, Lawrence, Polk | 67 min |
| May 15, 5:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone | 51 min |
| May 15, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Texas, Wright | 49 min |
| May 15, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell | 51 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.