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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Springfield, MO

April 10, 1995Howell County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1995, 8:01 PM CDT for Howell County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1995, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1995, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Howell County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 278 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1475 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1995-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
6.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 110103 RRA
SVRSGF
MOC091-110130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
801 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...HOWELL COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE OZARK
AND HOWELL COUNTY BORDER MOVING EAST NORTHEAST 40 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES
OF MOODY...WEST PLAINS...CAULFIELD AND HOCOMO ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS.
 
THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THAT HAVE DOWNED
TREES AND POWER LINES.  LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM
THESE STORMS.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
 
 
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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, Apr 10, 5:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
520 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995

SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 10

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

0330 PM    HUMANSVILLE               MO   0.75 INCH HAIL
           POLK CO                        REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

0410 PM    SPRINGFIELD               MO   THUNDERSTORM WIND
           GREENE CO                      TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY CITY POLICE.

RUNNELS
Local storm report, Apr 10, 5:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
520 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995

SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 10

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

0330 PM    HUMANSVILLE               MO   0.75 INCH HAIL
           POLK CO                        REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

0410 PM    SPRINGFIELD               MO   THUNDERSTORM WIND
           GREENE CO
               TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY CITY POLICE.

RUNNELS
Local storm report, Apr 10, 6:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
607 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995

SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 10

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

0550 PM    WILLOW SPRINGS            MO   1.25 INCH HAIL
           HOWELL CO                      SPOTTER REPORTED HALF
                                          DOLLAR SIZE HAIL

RUNNELS
Local storm report, Apr 10, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
607 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995

SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 10

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

0550 PM    WILLOW SPRINGS            MO   1.25 INCH HAIL
           HOWELL CO                      SPOTTER REPORTED HALF
                                          DOLLAR SIZE HAIL

RUNNELS
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:25 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-110200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
725 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995

A NEW TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 184 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL MIDNIGHT.  COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THIS NEW
WATCH ARE LACLEDE...WRIGHT...TEXAS...DOUGLAS...OZARK...HOWELL...
SHANNON...OREGON...CARTER...AND RIPLEY.

THIS WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 178 THAT WAS EARLIER
IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.  REPEATING...ALL WATCHES FOR
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE GREATER SPRINGFIELD...BRANSON...
AND JOPLIN AREAS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

RIDDLE
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:30 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-110200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
725 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995

A NEW TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 184 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL MIDNIGHT.  COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THIS NEW
WATCH ARE LACLEDE...WRIGHT...TEXAS...DOUGLAS...OZARK...HOWELL...
SHANNON...OREGON...CARTER...AND RIPLEY.

THIS WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 178 THAT WAS EARLIER
IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWPEST MISSOURI.  REPEATING...ALL WATCHES FOR
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE GREATER SPRINGFIELD...BRANSON...
AND JOPLIN AREAS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

RIDDLE

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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.