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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Springfield, MO

April 18, 1995Barton County, Jasper County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 1995, 12:41 AM CDT for Barton County, Jasper County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 1995, 12:41 AM CDT (05:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 18, 1995, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 70 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 180542
SVRSGF
MOC011-097-180615-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1241 AM CDT TUE APR 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...BARTON COUNTY...JASPER COUNTY
 
AT 1238 AM CDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAMAR TO JOPLIN WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SPOTTERS REPORTS OF TREES BLOWN DOWN
IN THE CITY OF JOPLIN. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF WINDS SPEEDS OF 60
MPH.
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS rCAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
 
 
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, Apr 17, 6:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 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, 4 hours 30 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, 2 hours 58 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.

RIDDLE

Special weather statement, Apr 17, 10:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 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, 1 hour 33 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, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	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, 12:55 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.