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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Springfield, MO

April 26, 1994Barry County, Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1994, 5:25 PM CDT for Barry County, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 1994, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1994, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barry County, MO, Lawrence County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 3 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 1994-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 985 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 1994-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 262226
SVRSGF
MOC009-109-262330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
525 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...BARRY COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
AT 525 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST BARRY
COUNTY NEAR MONETT SOUTHWEST TO PINEVILLE IN CENTRAL MCDONALD COUNTY
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO LAWERENCE COUNTY BY 535 PM CDT.
 
LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS.  3/4 HAIL WAS REPORTED
IN MCDONALD COUNTY IN ANDERSON...AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN MONETT.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL T8HE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
DAVIS
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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, Apr 26, 4:33 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-262300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
435 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STARTING TO MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI...

AT 430 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 25 MILES SOUTH OF JOPLIN MISSOURI
MOVING NORTHEAST 45 MPH.  THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS MONETT BY 445 PM.
OTHER TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE NEOSHO...DIAMOND...AND
SARCOXIE.

THIS STORM WAS STILL DEVELOPING AND WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...STRONG
GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CALL YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LEE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton55 min
Apr 26, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas, Wright68 min
Apr 26, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper69 min
Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade56 min
Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster56 min
Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk56 min
Apr 26, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Polk66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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.