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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Springfield, MO

July 23, 1995Carter County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1995, 1:38 PM CDT for Carter County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1995, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1995, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
52 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 1995-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2030 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 1995-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
2030 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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.

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 12:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:13 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
MOZ098-106>108-231915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
113 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI...

AT 113 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOUYRI. THE STORMS WERE MAINLY EAST OF A EMINENCE TO ALTON
LINE...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS EAST OF ROUND SPRINGS IN EASTERN
SHANNON COUNTY.

THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH.

RESIDENTS IN OREGON...SHANNON...CARTER AND RIPLEY COUNTIES SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR THESE STORMS AND TAKE COVER INDOORS AS THEY APPROACH.

RUNNELS
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:14 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
MOZ098-106>108-231915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
113 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI...

AT 113 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOUYRI. THE STORMS WERE MAINLY EAST OF A EMINENCE TO ALTON
LINE...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS EAST OF ROUND SPRINGS IN EASTERN
SHANNON COUNTY.

THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
 RAIN...GUSTY WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH.

RESIDENTS IN OREGON...SHANNON...CARTER AND RIPLEY COUNTIES SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR THESE STORMS AND TAKE COVER INDOORS AS THEY APPROACH.

RUNNELS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade43 min
Jul 23, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar35 min
Jul 23, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper45 min
Jul 23, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton41 min
Jul 23, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Lawrence54 min
Jul 23, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar54 min
Jul 23, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry44 min
Jul 23, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Polk47 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.