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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Springfield, MO

April 10, 1995Howell County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1995, 5:20 PM CDT for Howell County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1995, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Howell County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 1995-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 326 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 1995-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 431 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
326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-582 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
431 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
460 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 102221 RRA
SVRSGF
MOC091-102300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
520 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...HOWELL COUNTY
 
AT 520 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN
HOWELL COUNTY MOVING NORTH 45 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE ONE INCH
HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH. THE CITIES OF WEST
PLAINS...MOODY...LANTON AND WILLOW SPRINGS ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
DAVIS

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 10, 1:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
MOZ066-077-078-088-089-093-094-101945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
144 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO WESTERN MISSOURI.  THESE STORMS
WILL PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THEY HAVE PRODUCED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT
CAPLINGER MILL MISSOURI AT 130 PM CDT. THE STORMS WILL ACROSS THE TOWNS
OF GREENVILLE AND STOCKTON BY 230 PM.

BAREIS
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 1:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
MOZ066-077-078-088-089-093-094-101945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
144 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO WESTERN MISSOURI.  THESE STORMS
WILL PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THEY HAVE PRODUCED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT
CAPLINGER MILL MISSOURI AT 130 PM CDT. THE SZTORMS WILL ACROSS THE TOWNS
OF GREENVILLE AND STOCKTON BY 230 PM.

BAREIS
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 2:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-102025-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
221 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995

THE WARNING ISSUED FOR CEDAR COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. THE THUNDERSTORM HAD
WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED SEVERE. THE STORM WILL CONTAIN
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.
BAREIS

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.  STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

BAREIS
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 2:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-102025-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
221 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995

THE WARNING ISSUED FOR CEDAR COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. THE THUNDERSTORM HAD
WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED SEVERE. THE STORM WILL CONTAIN
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.
BAREIS

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.  STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

BAREIS
Local storm report, Apr 10, 5:20 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
520 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995

SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 10

TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0330 PM    HUMANSVILLE               MO   0.75 INCH HAIL
           POLK CO                        REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

0410 PM    SPRINGFIELD               MO   THUNDERSTORM WIND
           GREENE CO                      TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY CITY POLICE.

RUNNELS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade44 min
Apr 9, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.