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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Springfield, MO

June 5, 1995Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1995, 4:50 PM CDT for Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 1995, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

County Shannon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 215 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 052153 RRA
SVRSGF
MOC203-052230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION FOR COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
450 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

   ...EASTERN SHANNON COUNTY

AT 447 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES
NORTH OF EMINENCE MISSOURI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...THIS STORM
WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF POWDER MILL FERRY BY 505 PM CDT.


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.

W. MOORE

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, 2 hours 57 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, 1 hour 51 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, 1 hour 46 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

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:35 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
435 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995

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

330  PM    5E FAIR GROVE             MO   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/05/95   WEBSTER

305  PM    SPRINGFIELD               MO   STREET FLOODING
06/05/95   GREENE                         PEA SIZE HAIL

DAVIS

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:37 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
435 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995

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

330  PM    5E FAIRJ GROVE             MO   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/05/95   WEBSTER

305  PM    SPRINGFIELD               MO   STREET FLOODING
06/05/95   GREENE                         PEA SIZE HAIL

DAVIS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone	43 min
Jun 4, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas	29 min
Jun 5, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Webster	50 min
Jun 5, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Carter	33 min
Jun 5, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Carter	30 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.