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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Springfield, MO

June 25, 1995Carter County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1995, 1:33 PM CDT for Carter County, Missouri. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1995, 1:33 PM CDT (18:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1995, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Carter County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 252 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1671 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1671 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 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 251834 RRA
SVRSGF
MOC035-181-251930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
133 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...CARTER COUNTY...RIPLEY COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF DONIPHAN MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TOWNS OF DONIPHAN...GRANDIN..AND ELLSINORE ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
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 25, 12:35 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
MOZ098-106>108-251840-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1235 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 1230PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN
SHANNON...CARTER...RIPLEY...AND OREGON COUNTIES.  THE AIR IS VERY
UNSTABLE IN THESE AREAS AND AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES...STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOPED.

EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL WITH THESE
STORMS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND COULD CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

SHUMWAY
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 12:38 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
MOZ098-106>108-251840-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1235 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 1230PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN
SHANNON...CARTER...RIPLEY...AND OREGON COUNTIES.  THE AIR IS VERY
UNSTABLE IN THESE AREAS AND AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES...STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOPED.

EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL WITH THESE
STORMS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND COULD CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

SHUMWAY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFRipley40 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.