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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Springfield, MO

June 5, 1995Greene County, Polk County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1995, 9:55 PM CDT for Greene County, Polk County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1995, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greene County, MO, Polk County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 283 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
283 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 5:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 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, 4 hours 25 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, 3 hours 31 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, 3 hours 17 minutes before
MOZ097-101>105-060140-

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
Local storm report, Jun 5, 9:54 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone, Taney56 min
Jun 5, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone, Taney49 min
Jun 5, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney47 min
Jun 5, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark62 min
Jun 6, 10:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Webster54 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.