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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Springfield, MO

July 8, 1994Barry County, Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1994, 12:36 AM CDT for Barry County, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1994, 12:36 AM CDT (05:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1994, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barry County, MO, Lawrence County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 3 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 00:00Z on 1994-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2119 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 00:00Z on 1994-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
13.5

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton67 min
Jul 8, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper67 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.