Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1994, 3:56 PM CDT for Greene County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 1994, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1994, 4:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greene County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Apr 5, 10:37 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-051600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1035 AM CDT TUE APR 5 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OREGON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED.4.. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED AND WERE NO LONGER CONSIDERED A THREAT. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVED TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BAREIS
Local storm report, Apr 5, 11:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
POST STORM SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1110 AM CDT TUE APR 5 1994 0935 AM CDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT NAYLOR IN EXTREME EASTERN RIPLEY COUNTY BY CIVIL DEFENSE IN DONIPHAN MO. BAREIS
Local storm report, Apr 5, 11:22 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
POST STORM SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1120 AM CDT TUE APR 5 1994 0935 AM CDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT NAYLOR IN EXTREME EASTERN RIPLEY COUNTY BY CIVIL DEFENSE IN DONIPHAN MO. 1027 AM CDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT THAYER IN OREGON COUNTY BY SHERIFF OFFICE AT ALTON MO. BAREIS
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 2:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-052030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 210 PM CDT TUE APR 5 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... THUNDERSTORMS HAD INCREASED IN INTENSTIES DURING THE LAST HOUR AND ARE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF JOPLIN. STRONGEST STORM WAS APPROACHING CAPE FAIR NEAR TABLE ROCK LAKE. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER IN THIS AREA AND IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH MOVE INSIDE TO A SAFE PLACE. FISHERMEN SHOULD MOVE OFF THE LAKE FOR SAFETY SAKE. BAREIS
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 3:11 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-052130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 310 PM CDT TUE APR 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS JUST NORTH OF ROGERS AND BENTONVILLE WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHERN BERRY COUNTY NEAR THE SELIGMAN AND EAGLE ROCK AREAS BY 315 PM CDT...AND OVER SHELL KNOB AND CENTRAL STONE COUNTY NEAR CAPE FEAR AND KIMBERLING CITY BY 330 PM. THE STORMS AREA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER IN THOSE AREAS AND IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH MOVE INSIDE TO A SAFE PLACE. BOATERS ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. DAVIS
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 3:14 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-052130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 310 PM CDT TUE APR 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS JUST NORTH OF ROGERS AND BENTONVILLE WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHERN BERRY COUNTY NEAR THE SELIGMAN AND EAGLE ROCK AREAS BY 315 PM CDT...AND OVER SHELL KNOB AND CENTRAL STONE COUNTY NEAR CAPE FEAR AND KIMBERLING CITY BY 330 PM. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER IN THOSE AREAS AND IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH MOVE INSIDE TO A SAFE PLACE. BOATERS ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. DAVIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 9:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 54 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.