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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO

March 6, 1994Laclede County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1994, 9:10 PM CST for Laclede County, Missouri. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 1994, 9:10 PM CST (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 1994, 10:15 PM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Laclede County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 1994-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 221 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 1994-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 070314 RRA
SVRSGF
MOC105-070415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
910 PM CST SUN MAR 6 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...LACLEDE COUNTY
 
AT 910 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 45
MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR LEBANON IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE
STORM WAS MOVING EAST 20 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE
CITY OF LEBANON BY 915 PM AND INTO THE BEAR CREEK AREA.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STR*ONG 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

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, Mar 6, 8:02 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
MOC145-070300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
800 PM CST SUN MAR 6 1994

RADAR AT 755 PM CST INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI NEAR BAXTER SPRINGS TO 20 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF JOPLIN NEAR NEOSHO. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
EAST 15 MPH. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THIS LINE WAS NEAR NEOSHO.

PEOPLE IN THE COUNTIES OF NEWTON AND SOUTHERN JASPER SHOULD EXPECT HAIL
AND TORRENTIAL RAIN AS THESE TUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS JASPER AND
NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM TONIGHT.

PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR TV...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS.  A WARNING MAY BE ISSUED SOON.

LEE
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 9:02 PM CST, 8 minutes before
MOC105-070400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
900 PM CST SUN MAR 6 1994

AT 855 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LACLEDE
COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST 20
MPH. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THE COUNTY WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LEBANON. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS LEBANON BY 915 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND STRONG
GUSTY WIND AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA.

PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO COVER IF
THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
AND COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LEE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 8:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton68 min
Mar 6, 8:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence55 min
Mar 6, 9:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton57 min
Mar 6, 9:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry69 min
Mar 6, 10:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton60 min
Mar 6, 10:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry61 min
Mar 6, 11:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton60 min
Mar 6, 11:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone60 min
Mar 6, 11:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney66 min
Mar 7, 12:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton4 hr

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.