Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO
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.
- 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
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.
BAREISWhat 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 8:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 53 min |
| Jun 3, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 9:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Taney | 44 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.