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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Springfield, MO

April 26, 1994Jasper County, Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1994, 11:53 PM CDT for Jasper County, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 1994, 11:53 PM CDT (04:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1994, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 246 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1994-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1994-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 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

Local storm report, Apr 26, 10:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas, Wright54 min
Apr 26, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas41 min
Apr 27, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Webster57 min
Apr 27, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene69 min
Apr 27, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Polk66 min
Apr 27, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster51 min
Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone60 min
Apr 27, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon65 min
Apr 27, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney60 min
Apr 27, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFTaney51 min
Apr 27, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark60 min
Apr 27, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian60 min
Apr 27, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton59 min
Apr 27, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon45 min
Apr 27, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFHowell, Ozark65 min
Apr 27, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFTexas58 min
Apr 27, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon, Shannon60 min
Apr 27, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCarter58 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.