Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 1995, 11:40 PM CDT for Barton County, Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 1995, 11:40 PM CDT (04:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 1995, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barton County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 425 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 569 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 180441 SVRSGF MOC011-097-145-217-180530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1140 PM CDT MON APR 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1235 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...BARTON COUNTY...JASPER COUNTY...NEWTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...VERNON COUNTY AT 1135 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WAS MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF JOPLIN...LAMAR...NEVADA...CARTHAGE AND NEOSHO. THESE STORM WILL PRODUCE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OVER 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. WIND SPEEDS OF OVER 70 MPH DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. 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. DAVIS
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, Apr 17, 6:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-180210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 609 PM CDT MON APR 17 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 608 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED FROM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEVADA THROUGH LAMAR TO JOPLIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE STOCKTON AND GREENFIELD AREAS BY 645 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL MIDNIGHT. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. RIDDLE
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 6:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-180200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 658 PM CDT MON APR 17 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH MIDNIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH 8 PM CDT. STORMS....WEST OF LINE FROM DALLAS COUNTY TO JASPER COUNTY ARE MOVING NORTHEAST 45 MPH. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MP0H...HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. ALTHOUGH NO WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT...PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. DAVIS
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 8:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-180315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 810 PM CDT MON APR 17 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH MIDNIGHT... A LINE OF STORMS FROM NORTHERN POLK COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO MCDONALD COUNTY CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS BUT COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WILL REACH THE CITIES OF SPRINGFIELD...BOLIVAR AND BRANSON BY 830 PM CDT. THE STRONGEST STORM IS NEAR CLEVER AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 48 MPH. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AS IT MOVES BETWEEN NIXA AND SPRINGFIELD BY 825 PM CDT. THE SxTRONGEST STORMS ARE YET TO COME. STRONGER STORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL REACH SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BY 10 PM CDT. DAVIS
Local storm report, Apr 17, 9:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
942 PM CDT MON APR 17 1995
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM EVENING OF APRIL 17...TORNADO WATCH 207
TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
828 PM SPRINGFIELD MO NICKEL SIZE HAIL SOUTHEAST
GREEN CO PART OF CITY.
854 PM MARSHFIELD MO QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN
WEBSTER CO SOUTHWEST EDGE OF TOWN.
RIDDLESpecial weather statement, Apr 17, 10:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-180415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1012 PM CDT MON APR 17 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 207 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 1010 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM ROLLA TO HOUSTON TO NEAR WEST PLAINS. THESE STORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY IN THE PAST HOUR...BUT WILL STILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...JUST A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE IN THE AREA NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD. ELSEWHERE...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA FROM NEAR TULSA SOUTH TO MCALASTER. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL LIKELY REACH THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI AROUND MIDNIGHT THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. PEOPLE SJHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RIDDLE
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 11:08 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-180700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1110 PM CDT MON APR 17 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 1104 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL REACH EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BY 1145 PM CDT...AND THE CITIES OF JOPLIN...NEOSHO AND PINEVILLE BY MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED A VARIETY OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS OKLAHOMA INCLUDING 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS AND ONE INCH HAIL. ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS HOWELL COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WEST PLAINS BY 1140 PM CDT. THE STORMS MOVING FROM NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ARE DANGEROUS AND COULD PRODUCE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF OVER 50 MPH...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DAVIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 27 min |
| Apr 17, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 35 min |
| Apr 17, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 50 min |
| Apr 17, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 12:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald | 54 min |
| Apr 18, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Taney | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 26 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.