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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Springfield, MO

August 7, 1995Jasper County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1995, 12:02 AM CDT for Jasper County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 1995, 12:02 AM CDT (05:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 1995, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Jasper County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 1995-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1376 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 7:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
MOZ107-108-070110-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR STORM MOVEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
705 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 700 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO EXTREME WESTERN CARTER AND RIPLEY COUNTIES.  THE MAIN
THREAT FORM THESE STORMS WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS AROUND 30
TO 4O MPH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST THEY ARE TENDING TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT...BUT
PERSONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH
AS LOW LYING ROADS AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

SHUMWAY
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 7:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
MOZ107-108-070110-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
705 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 700 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO EXTREME WESTERN CARTER AND RIPLEY COUNTIES.  THE MAIN
THREAT FORM THESE STORMS WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS AROUND 30
TO 4O MPH.

AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST THEY ARE TENDING TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT...BUT
PERSONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH
AS LOW LYING ROADS AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

SHUMWAY
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 7:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
MOZ107-108-070110-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR STORM MOVEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
705 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 700 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO EXTREME WESTERN CARTER AND RIPLEY COUNTIES.  THE MAIN
THREAT FORM THESE STORMS WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS AROUND 30
TO 4O MPH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST THEY ARE TENDING TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT...BUT
PERSONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH
AS LOW LYING ROADS AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

SHUMWAY
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:36 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-070640-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1136 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 1995

DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS A SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS FORMED IN
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND DRIFTED EAST INTO THE CORNER OF SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI.  THERE WAS EVEN A FEW STROKES OF LIGHTNING.  THESE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO LAST UNTIL 3 OR 4 AM.

AT 1130 PM THE AREA IN MISSOURI WAS FROM LAMAR SOUTH ACROSS JOPLIN AND
CARATHAGE TO AROUND NEOSHO AND THEY WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST.

PERIODS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD BE EXPECTED BETWEEN 1130 PM AND
1 AM ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF JOPLIN...CARL JUNCTION...WEBB CITY
AND CARTHAGE.

NINE
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:38 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-070640-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1136 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 1995

DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS A SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS FORMED IN
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND DRIFTED EAST INTO THE CORNER OF SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI.  THERE WAS EVEN A FEW STROKES OF LIGHTNING.  THESE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO LAST UNTIL 3 OR 4 AM.

AT 1130 PM THE AREA IN MISSOURI WAS FROM LAMAR SOUTH ACROSSz JOPLIN AND
CARATHAGE TO AROUND NEOSHO AND THEY WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST.

PERIODS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD BE EXPECTED BETWEEN 1130 PM AND
1 AM ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF JOPLIN...CARL JUNCTION...WEBB CITY
AND CARTHAGE.

NINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton52 min
Aug 7, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper45 min
Aug 7, 6:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright43 min
Aug 7, 11:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell, Oregon, Shannon118 min
Aug 7, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas, Wright49 min
Aug 7, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark31 min
Aug 7, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas32 min
Aug 7, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright38 min
Aug 7, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Wright47 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.