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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Springfield, MO

August 3, 1992Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1992, 1:59 PM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 1992, 1:59 PM CDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 1992, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 1992-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1527 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 1992-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
1527 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 031859
SVRSGF
MOC119-145-097-032000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
159 PM CDT MON AUG 3 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

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

AT 2 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF JOPLIN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES
AN HOUR. WINDS OF OVER 60 MILES AN HOUR ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE
STORMS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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.

 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, Aug 3, 1:35 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-032100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
130PM CDT MON AUG 3 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI...

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
FROM NEAR JOPLIN SOUTHWARD TO THE ARKANSAS STATE LINE.  THESE STORMS
HAD DROPPED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
KANSAS. THEY ARE CAPABLE OF STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

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 STORMS.

BAREIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald61 min
Aug 3, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.