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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Springfield, MO

June 5, 1995Dallas County, Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1995, 3:25 PM CDT for Dallas County, Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1995, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dallas County, MO, Webster County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 1995-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 206 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 1995-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
206 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-285 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1085 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 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 
WUUS1 KSGF 052025 RRA
SVRSGF
MOC059-225-052115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
325 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY
 
AT 322 PM CDT...SPRINGFIELD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR FAIR GROVE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE COMMUNITIES OF ELKLAND...AND BUFFALO ARE IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM.
 
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, Jun 5, 1:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-052055-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
153 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995

AT 145 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE
STARTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

THE LARGEST AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI BETWEEN PINEVILLE AND MONETT. THESE STORMS WERE
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF GAINSVILLE
TO JUST NORTH OF HUSTON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT
THE AFTERNOON...VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

W. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:59 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-052200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
259 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR SPRINGFIELD TO MONETT AND THEN CASSVILLE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...AND WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING.

ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ROLLA TO WEST PLAINS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

W. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:04 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-052200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
259 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR SPRINGFIELD TO MONETT AND THEN CASSVILLE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...AND WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING.

ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ROLLA TO WEST PLAINS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

W. MOORE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone43 min
Jun 4, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas29 min
Jun 5, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon40 min
Jun 5, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCarter33 min
Jun 5, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCarter30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.