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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Springfield, MO

June 5, 1995Carter County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT for Carter County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
30 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, 11.8 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 440 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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 
TTAA00 KSGF 052344 RRA
SVRSGF
MOC035-060015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
645 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...NORTHERN CARTER COUNTY
 
AT 645 PM CDT...SPRINGFIELD DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR VAN BUREN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL MOVE ALONG HIGHWAY 60 AND WILL PRODUCE
HAIL UP TO ONE INCH ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CAUSING SMALL
STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING.
 
 
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

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 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, 2 hours 8 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, 1 hour 20 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, 1 hour 15 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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Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:24 PM CDT, 21 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

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:38 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
638 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995

AT 635 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.  SOME OF THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI BETWEEN 7 AND 8
PM.  THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS..ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND HAIL.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

JOHNSON

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, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Webster50 min
Jun 5, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon40 min
Jun 5, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCarter33 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.