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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Springfield, MO

June 23, 1995Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1995, 5:51 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1995, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 23 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 220 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1209 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 232252 RRA
SVRSGF
MOC109-232345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
551 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
AT 550 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD WAS
INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT
VERNON. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NICKEL-SIZE HAIL AS IT AFFECTS
THE TOWNS OF MOUNT VERNON...MARIONVILLE...AND AURORA. LITTLE MOVEMENT
WAS INDICATED WITH THESE STORMS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
LINDENBERG

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 23, 2:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-232105-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
203 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 1995

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FORMING AROUND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

AT 200PM CDT...RADAR WAS SHOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST
KANSAS...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SHOWED VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT AT THIS TIME.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF ONE OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

SHUMWAY
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-232105-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
203 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 1995

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FORMING AROUND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

AT 200PM CDT...RADAR WAS SHOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST
KANSAS...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SHOWED VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT AT THIS TIME.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF ONE OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

SHUMWAY
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:51 PM CDT, 2 hours before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-232155-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
351 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

AT 345PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHING FROM VERNON...BARTON...JASPER...NEWTON..AND MCDONALD
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESY MISSOURI. THESE STORMS ARE SLOWLY MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH.  DUE TO THE SPEED OF THESE
STORMS...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS..AND POSSIBLE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-232155-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
351 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

AT 345PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHING FROM VERNON...BARTON...JASPER...NEWTON..AND MCDONALD
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESY MISSOURI. THESE STORMS ARE SLOWLY MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH.  DUE TO THE SPEED OF THESE
STORMS...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS..AND POSSIBLE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
Local storm report, Jun 23, 5:01 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
504 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 1995

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

455  PM      FAIRVIEW                MO      0.88 INCH HAIL
6/23/95      NEWTON                          NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                             BY SPOTTERS.

RUNNELS
Local storm report, Jun 23, 5:04 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
504 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 1995

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

455  PM      FAIRVIEW                MO      0.88 INCH HAIL
6/23/95      NEWTON                          NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                             BY SPOTTERS.

RUNNELS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton29 min
Jun 23, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Newton53 min
Jun 23, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence47 min
Jun 23, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry42 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.