Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 1995, 8:18 PM CDT for Christian County, Greene County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 1995, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Christian County, MO, Greene County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 425 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 569 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 180119 SVRSGF MOC043-077-180145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 818 PM CDT MON APR 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...WESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY AT 820 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR CLEVER. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NIXA AND THE SOUTH PART OF SPRINGFIELD AROUND 835 PM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. 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. GAEDE
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, Apr 17, 2:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-172135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 232 PM CDT MON APR 17 1995 ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 225 PM...DOPPLER RADAR FROM SPRINGFIELD WAS SHOWING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WEST OF A WEST PLAINS TO LEBANON LINE. A LINE OF STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHING ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN LIFTING NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT THIS AFTERNOON DRAWING MORE MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN WESTERN TEXAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THIS EVENING AND AS IT APPROACHES MISSOURI...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND THE POSSIBLITY FOR STORMS BECOMING SEVERE WILL INCREASE. CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. REMEMBER THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. LINDENBERG
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 4:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-180050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 446 PM CDT MON APR 17 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH BARTON COUNTY... AT 441 PM...SPRINGFIELD DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH JUST WEST OF LAMAR...25 NORTH OF JOPLIN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTHWEST DADE COUNTY AND INTO CEDnAR COUNTY...REACHING THE TOWNS OF JERICO SPRINGS AND STOCKTON BETWEEN 515 AND 530 PM. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. RIDDLE
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 5:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-180050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 545 PM CDT MON APR 17 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 207 IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF VERNON...BARTON...JASPER...NEWTON...MCDONALD ...CEDAR...DADE...LAWRENCE...BARRY...POLK...GREENE...CHRISTIAN...STONE.. TANEY...WEBSTER...DALLAS...LACLEDE...WRIGHT...DOUGLAS...AND OZARK. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JOPLIN...SPRINGFIELD...NEVADA...BRANSON... AND BOLIVAR. AT 542 PM...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER...FROM JUST WEST OF NEVADA TO JOPLIN. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING. THIS IS ^A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. ALL RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD BE ALERT AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. RIDDLE
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 6:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-180210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 609 PM CDT MON APR 17 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 608 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED FROM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEVADA THROUGH LAMAR TO JOPLIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE STOCKTON AND GREENFIELD AREAS BY 645 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL MIDNIGHT. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. RIDDLE
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-180200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 658 PM CDT MON APR 17 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH MIDNIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH 8 PM CDT. STORMS....WEST OF LINE FROM DALLAS COUNTY TO JASPER COUNTY ARE MOVING NORTHEAST 45 MPH. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MP0H...HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. ALTHOUGH NO WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT...PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. DAVIS
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 8:11 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-180315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 810 PM CDT MON APR 17 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH MIDNIGHT... A LINE OF STORMS FROM NORTHERN POLK COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO MCDONALD COUNTY CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS BUT COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WILL REACH THE CITIES OF SPRINGFIELD...BOLIVAR AND BRANSON BY 830 PM CDT. THE STRONGEST STORM IS NEAR CLEVER AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 48 MPH. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AS IT MOVES BETWEEN NIXA AND SPRINGFIELD BY 825 PM CDT. THE SxTRONGEST STORMS ARE YET TO COME. STRONGER STORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL REACH SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BY 10 PM CDT. DAVIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 35 min |
| Apr 17, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 50 min |
| Apr 17, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 50 min |
| Apr 17, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 12:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald | 54 min |
| Apr 18, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Taney | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 26 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.