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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

June 3, 1993McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1993, 7:10 AM CDT for McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1993, 7:10 AM CDT (12:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1993, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 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 1993-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 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 1993-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-555 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1394 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
610 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 031210 RRA
SVRSGF
MOC119-145-031300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
710 AM CDT THU JUN 3 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      MCDONALD...NEWTON

AT 705 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT
45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAD PRODUCED HAIL TO 11/2 INCH AT
VINITA OKLAHOMA.

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 STRONG BUILDING.  ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

 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, Jun 3, 6:49 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-031430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
645 AM CDT THU JUN 3 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AS LARGE AS SOFTBALLS. THESE STORMS
WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BETWEEN 730 AND 9 AM THIS
MORNING.

 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
Jun 3, 7:44 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry, McDonald41 min
Jun 3, 8:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton53 min
Jun 3, 8:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone, Taney49 min
Jun 3, 9:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Taney44 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.