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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Springfield, MO

July 25, 1995Christian County, Greene County, Polk County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 9:47 PM CDT for Christian County, Greene County, Polk County, Missouri. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1995, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Christian County, MO, Greene County, MO, Polk County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 61 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2725 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
2725 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 260249 RRA
SVRSGF
MOC043-077-167-260345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
947 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...CHRISTIAN COUNTY...GREENE COUNTY...POLK COUNTY
 
AT 945 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD WAS SHOWING A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM STOCKTON TO GREENFIELD...TO
MOUNT VERNON. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20
MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF HUMANSVILLE...FAIR
PLAY...ALDRICH...EUDORA...ASH GROVE...REPUBLIC AND BILLINGS.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
LINDENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper62 min
Jul 25, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton59 min
Jul 25, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarton, Dade55 min
Jul 25, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence62 min
Jul 25, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar58 min
Jul 25, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, McDonald63 min
Jul 25, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone54 min
Jul 25, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Webster63 min
Jul 25, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney49 min
Jul 26, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.