Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 4:00 PM CDT for Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1994, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1994, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Taney County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Forsyth, MO | A small tornado touched down damaging mainly large trees. Reported by Skywarn spotters. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 1167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 27, 2:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-272005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 202 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 AT 200 PM...RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF SOUTHWEST CITY BY 215 PM AND BE NEAR ANDERSON MISSOURI BY 230 PM. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. SRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 2:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-272045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 240 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 AT 240 PM...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JOPLIN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE MCDONALD AND SOUTHERN BARRY COUNTIES BY 300 PM. THE TOWNS OF ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...POWELL...CASSIVILLE...AND SHELL KNOB ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. THESE STROMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. PEOPLE IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROA.CHES YOU. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Lawrence | 67 min |
| Apr 27, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Webster | 57 min |
| Apr 27, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 69 min |
| Apr 27, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Polk | 66 min |
| Apr 27, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Taney | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Texas | 58 min |
| Apr 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon, Shannon | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Carter | 58 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.