Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 12:34 PM CDT for Dallas County, Laclede County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1995, 12:34 PM CDT (17:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1995, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dallas County, MO, Laclede County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 288 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -697 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 600 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 081737 RRA SVRSGF MOC059-105-081815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1234 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...DALLAS COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN LACLEDE COUNTY AT 1230 PM CDT SPRINGFIELD WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUFFALO OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AND EFFECT THE TOWNS OF TUNAS AND PLAD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 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. NINE
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 8, 6:38 AM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-081240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 638 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 576 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.. ..FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1100AM CDT... ... AT 630AM CDT...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO WEAKEN OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...AS A RESULT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BUT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI CONTINUES UNTIL 1100AM CDT. THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO REMAIN VERY UNSTABLE AND REDEVELOPMENT OF MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHUMWAY
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-081240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 638 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 576 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.. ..FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1100AM CDT... ... AT 630AM CDT...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO WEAKEN OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...AS A RESULT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BUT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI CONTINUES UNTIL 1100AM CDT. THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO REMAIN VERY UBNSTABLE AND REDEVELOPMENT OF MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHUMWAY
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
MOZ066-077-078-081825- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1120 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 1117 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN KANSAS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LARGE AREA FROM FULTON AND FORT SCOTT KANSAS SOUTH TO BETWEEN CHANUTE AND PITTSBURG. THIS BAND WAS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE VERNON AND BARTON COUNTY AREAS BY 1145 AM. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...PEA SIZE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
MOZ066-077-078-081825- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1120 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 1117 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN KANSAS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LARGE AREA FROM FULTON AND FORT SCOTT KANSAS SOUTH TO BETWEEN CHANUTE AND PITTSBURG. THIS BAND WAS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE VERNON AND BARTON COUNTY AREAS BY 1145 AM. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...PEA SIZE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADNIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:19 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-081920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1219 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 ...LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR VERNON COUNTY... AT 1214 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM PITTSBURG KANSAS TO STOCKTON MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS AREA WAS LOCATED BETWEEN EL DORADO SPRINGS AND CAPLINGER MILLS IN NORTHERN CEDAR COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH WHILE THE AREA CONTINUED TO DRIFT EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALSO POSSIBLE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED 10 MILES WEST OF JOPLIN AND NORTH OF BOLIVAR. MOVEMENT WAS ALSO NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. THE LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT INTO SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...PRODUCING HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL COMBINED WITH SEVERAL STORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:21 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-081920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1219 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 ...LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR VERNON COUNTY... AT 1214 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM PITTSBURG KANSAS TO STOCKTON MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS AREA WAS LOCATED BETWEEN EL DORADO SPRINGS AND CAPLINGER MILLS IN NORTHERN CEDAR COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH WHILE THE AREA CONTINUED TO DRIFT EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALSO POSSIBLE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED 10 MILES WEST OF JOPLIN AND NORTH OF BOLIVAR. MOVEMENT WAS ALSO NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. THE LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT INTO SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...PRODUCING HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL COMBINED WITH SEVERAL STORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TVT STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SUTTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Carter, Shannon | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Newton | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Carter, Shannon | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Carter | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Taney | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Newton | 14 min |
| Jun 8, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.