Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 12:30 AM CDT for Dade County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1995, 12:30 AM CDT (05:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1995, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dade County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 631 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 100532 RRA SVRSGF MOC057-109-145-100615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1230 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...DADE COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY...NEWTON COUNTY AT 1229 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM GREENFIELD...SOUTHWEST ACROSS NORTHWEST LAWRENCE THEN TO NEOSHO... THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND AFFECT THE TOWNS GRANBY...PIERCE CITY...MT VERNON...AND EVERTON THROUGH 115 AM CDT. 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. SHUMWAY
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 9, 8:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 11:31 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-100635- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1131 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995 ...A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR BARTON...DADE... CEDAR AND VERNON COUNTIES. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI OVERNIGHT... AT 1130 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG STORMS FROM EL DORADO SPRINGS SOUTH TO LAMAR TO JUST WEST OF JOPLIN MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL REACH JOPLIN BY 1140 PM...MONETT BY 1230 AM AND THE SPRINGFIELD AREA BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM CDT. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. WITH THE ADDITIONAL STORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...THE THREAT OF FLOODING IS VERY HIGH THROUGH SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING. PERSONS IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING. MOTORIST ARE URGED NOT TO CROSS LOW WATER BRIDGES OR CROSSINGS TONIGHT THAT ARE COVERED WITH WATER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST 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. DAVIS
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 11:32 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-100635- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1131 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995 ...A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR BARTON...DADE... CEDAR AND VERNON COUNTIES. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI OVERNIGHT... AT 1130 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG STORMS FROM EL DORADO SPRINGS SOUTH TO LAMAR TO JUST WEST OF JOPLIN MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL REACH JOPLIN BY 1140 PM...MONETT BY 1230 AM AND THE SPRINGFIELD AREA BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM CDT. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. WITH THE ADDITIONAL STORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...THE THREAT OF FLOODING IS VERY HIGH THROUGH SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING. PERSONS IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING. MOTORIST ARE URGED NOT TO CROSS LOW WATER BRIDGES OR CROSSINGS TONIGHT THAT ARE COVERED WITH WATER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUC>ED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. DAVIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence, Newton | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Polk | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 1:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Dade | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene, Lawrence, Polk | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Newton | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Webster | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 1:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene, Polk | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 4 hr |
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.