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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Springfield, MO

July 24, 1994Christian County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1994, 5:07 PM CDT for Christian County, Missouri. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1994, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1994, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Christian County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 1994-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2837 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 1994-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
2837 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 242208 RRA
SVRSGF
MOC043-145-242315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
507 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...CHRISTIAN COUNTY...NEWTON COUNTY
 
AT 505 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 15
MILES SOUTH OF JOPLIN NEAR NEOSHO...AND 25 MILES EAST OF MONETT NEAR
HURLEY IN NORTHERN STONE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 10
MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS ARE NEOSHO...STWEETWATER...
STARK CITY...BILLINGS...NIXA...AND OZARK.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW 
WATER CROSSINGS.
 
LEE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton68 min
Jul 24, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark, Taney63 min
Jul 24, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald61 min
Jul 24, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton39 min
Jul 24, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone54 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.