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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Springfield, MO

June 7, 1994Greene County, Polk County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1994, 6:01 PM CDT for Greene County, Polk County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1994, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1994, 6:25 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greene County, MO, Polk County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 1994-06-07Temperature 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1994-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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 7, 2:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-072025-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
221 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL
MISSOURI...

AT 220 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS
40 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEVADA MISSOURI.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST 40 MPH...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TOWNS OF NEVADA AND
ELDORADO SPRINGS BETWEEN 315 AND 330 PM CDT.

THIS STORM PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS...AND A
WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED AS THEY MOVE INTO VERNON...CEDAR AND BARTON
COUNTY.

PEOPLE SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND COMMERCIAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION FOR POSSIBLE WARnNINGS AND UPDATES.

LEE
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-072230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
420 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI...

AT 415 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF JOPLIN NEAR GALESBURG NORTHEAST TO
ELDORADO SPRINGS.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH.

STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEVADA NEAR WALKER.
THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO JOPLIN...JERICHO SPRINGS AND CAPLINGER
MILLS BY 445 PM.

PEOPLE SHOULD EXPECT GUSTY WIND TO 50 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL FROM
THESE STORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR A SMALL PART OF
EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

LEE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon55 min
Jun 7, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade41 min
Jun 7, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence41 min
Jun 7, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon31 min
Jun 7, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Polk68 min
Jun 7, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton68 min
Jun 7, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Jasper, Lawrence60 min
Jun 7, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald60 min
Jun 7, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFLawrence34 min
Jun 7, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry27 min
Jun 7, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Dallas, Laclede, Webster59 min
Jun 7, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone59 min
Jun 7, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald24 min
Jun 7, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry39 min
Jun 7, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney60 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.