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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Springfield, MO

June 5, 1995Carter County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1995, 5:57 PM CDT for Carter County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 1995, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

County Carter County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 252 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: 440 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 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 052257 RRA
SVRSGF
MOC035-052330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
557 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...NORTHERN CARTER COUNTY
 
AT 600 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF
VAN BUREN..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE CITY OVAN BUREN UNTIL 615 PM...THEN MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG HIGHWAY 60.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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, 2:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 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, 2 hours 53 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, 1 hour 22 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, 1 hour 20 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

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:25 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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

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

508  PM    4NE EMINENCE              MO   .75 INCH HAIL
06/05/95   SHANNON

DAVIS

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:30 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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

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

508  PM    EMINENCE                  MO   .75 INCH HAIL REPORTED
           SHANNON                        BY SHERIFF

615  PM    VAN BUREN                 MO   .75 INCH HAIL
06/05/95   CARTER

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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, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	40 min
Jun 5, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Carter	30 min

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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.