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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Springfield, MO

July 25, 1995Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 9:58 PM CDT for Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1995, 9:58 PM CDT (02:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1995, 10:52 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Stone County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 260300 RRA
SVRSGF
MOC209-260400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
958 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...STONE COUNTY
 
AT 956 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD WAS SHOWING A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO STONE COUNTY. THE SEVERE NATURE OF THIS
STORM WAS IN THE FORM OF A GUST FRONT OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN
PRECIPITATION. THE GUST FRONT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH IN THE HURLEY...GALENA...REED SPRINGS AND KIMBERLING
CITY. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
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, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Polk58 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.