Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 7:33 PM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1995, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vernon County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 2328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 12.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 050035 RRA SVRSGF MOC217-050115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 733 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...VERNON COUNTY AT 730 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF FT SCOTT KANSAS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL CROSS MISSOURI BORDER WEST OF DEERFIELD TOWARDS 740 PM. THE STORM WILL THEN MOVE THROUGH THE HORTON AND METZ AREAS BEFORE 8 PM. DIME SIZE HAIL HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FT SCOTT AT 730 PM. HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL CAUSE POOLING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. 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. RUNNELS
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, Jul 4, 5:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
MOZ066-078-042310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 507 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 505 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED 15 MILES EAST OF NEVADA. IT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH INTO THE ELDORADO SPRINGS AREA BETWEEN 515 AND 530 PM. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 8 PM. RUNNELS
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
MOZ066-078-042310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 507 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 505 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED 15 MILES EAST OF NEVADA. IT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH INTO THE ELDORADO SPRINGS AREA BETWEEN 515 AND 530 PM. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 8 PM. RUNNELS
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-050130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 625 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 615 THE MOST IMMEDIATE THREAT TO RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WERE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH INTO THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES OF MISSOURI...AFFECTING AREAS PRIMARILY FROM JOPLIN TO NEVADA BETWEEN 7 AND 730 PM. ALL RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NWR OR COMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE LASTEST ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION AS STORMS MAY RAPIDLY DEVELOP AND TURN SEVERE THIS EVENING. TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NEARLY ALL OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TO THE WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OFF TO THE EAST OF SPRINGFIELD. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE STORMS MAY ALSO LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FLASH FLOODING AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. RUNNELS
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-050130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 625 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 615 THE MOST IMMEDIATE THREAT TO RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WERE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH INTO THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES OF MISSOURI...AFFECTING AREAS PRIMARILY FROM JOPLIN TO NEVADA BETWEEN 7 AND 730 PM. ALL RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NWR OR COMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE LASTEST ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION AS STORMS MAY RAPIDLY DEVELOP AND TURN SEVERE THIS EVENING. TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NEARLY ALL OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TO THE WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OFF TO THE EAST OF SPRINGFIELD. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE STORMS MAY ALSO LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FLASH FLOODING AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. RUNNELS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 17 min |
| Jul 4, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Taney | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Webster | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 43 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.