Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 12:56 AM CDT for Greene County, Polk County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1995, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1995, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 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 05:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 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.
- 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
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
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 11:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 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, 1 hour 24 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
Local storm report, Jun 10, 12:45 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1245 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995
TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1045 PM 2N LEBANON MO 0.75 HAIL
6/9/95 LACLEDE REPORTED BY
SHERIFF
1105 PM SLEEPER MO 0.75 HAIL
6/9/95 LACLEDE REPORTED BY SKYWARN
1025 PM 2N LOUISBURG MO 65 MPH TSTM GUSTS
6/9/95 DALLAS LARGE TREES DOWNED
REPORTED BY SHERIFF
950 PM HUMANSVILLE MO 60 MPH TSTM GUSTS
6/9/95 POLK DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES
AND DESTROYED BARN
REPORTED BY CD
1000 PM BOLIVAR MO 70 MPH TSTM GUSTS
6/9/95 POLK DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES
AND DAMAGED TWO CARS
REPORTED BY CD
958 PM GREENFIELD/LOCKWOOD MO 0.75 HAIL
6/9/95 DADE REPORTED BY PD
855 PM 8S LAMAR MO 1.25 HAIL
6/9/95 BARTON REPORTED BY SHERIFF
1215 AM JOPLIN AIRPORT MO 63 MPH TSTM GUSTS
6/10/95 JASPER 0.75 HAIL
REPORTED BY SKYWARN
1100 PM 10S AND 8W LAMAR MO FLOODING
6/9/95 BARTON SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED
126 AT 71 AND M SOUTH
OF 160 REPORTED BY
SHERIFF
DAVISLocal storm report, Jun 10, 12:48 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1245 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995
TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1045 PM 2N LEBANON MO 0.75 HAIL
6/9/95 LACLEDE REPORTED BY
SHERIFF
1105 PM SLEEPER MO 0.75 HAIL
6/9/95 LACLEDE REPORTED BY SKYWARN
1025 PM 2N LOUISBURG MO 65 MPH TSTM GUSTS
6/9/95 DALLAS LARGE TREES DOWNED
REPORTED BY SHERIFF
950 PM HUMANSVILLE MO 60 MPH TSTM GUSTS
6/9/95 POLK DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES
AND DESTROYED BARN
REPORTED BY CD
1000 PM BOLIVAR MO 70 MPH TSTM GUSTS
6/9/95 POLK DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES
AND DAMAGED TWO CARS
REPORTED BY CD
958 PM GREENFIELD/LOCKWOOD MO 0.75 HAIL
6/9/95 DADE REPORTED BY PD
855 PM 8S LAMAR MO 1.25 HAIL
6/9/95 BARTON REPORTED BY SHERIFF
1215 AM JOPLIN AIRPORT MO 63 MPH TSTM GUSTS
6/10/95 JASPER 0.75 HAIL
REPORTED BY SKYWARN
1100 PM 10S AND 8W LAMAR MO FLOODING
6/9/95 BARTON SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED
d 126 AT 71 AND M SOUTH
OF 160 REPORTED BY
SHERIFF
DAVISThe 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, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 45 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.