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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Springfield, MO

June 3, 1993Christian County, Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1993, 9:16 AM CDT for Christian County, Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1993, 9:16 AM CDT (14:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1993, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Christian County, MO, Taney County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 62 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

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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, 2 hours 27 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, 7:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton50 min
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

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.