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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Springfield, MO

July 5, 1992Barton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1992, 12:39 AM CDT for Barton County, Missouri. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 1992, 12:39 AM CDT (05:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 1992, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

County Barton County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2800 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 371 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 6.2
Supercell composite: 25.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 050539
SVRSGF
MOC011-145-097-050645-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1239 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      BARTON...NEWTON...JASPER

RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST
KANSAS FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN TO 30 MILES WEST OF JOPLIN
MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. THESE STORMS
HAVE BEEN PRODUCING WINDS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR.

THE CITIES OF LAMAR...CARTHAGE...JOPLIN AND NEOSHO ARE IN THE
PATH OF THESE STORMS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRlONG BUILDING.  ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

 MURPHY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	35 min
Jul 4, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton	60 min
Jul 4, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Lawrence	69 min
Jul 4, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence, Newton	59 min
Jul 4, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar	60 min
Jul 4, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	35 min
Jul 4, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	63 min
Jul 4, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	57 min
Jul 5, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	66 min
Jul 5, 1:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Newton	44 min
Jul 5, 1:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Lawrence	44 min

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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.