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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Springfield, MO

August 7, 1995Wright County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1995, 6:21 AM CDT for Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 1995, 6:21 AM CDT (11:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 1995, 7:04 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Wright County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 071122 RRA
SVRSGF
MOC229-071215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
621 AM CDT MON AUG 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...WRIGHT COUNTY
 
AT 620 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD WAS SHOWING A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF GROVESPRING. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF GROVESPRING...AND HARTVILLE.
 
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
 
LINDENBERG

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 7, 5:48 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
MOZ079>081-091-071150-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
548 AM CDT MON AUG 7 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO POLK AND DALLAS COUNTIES...

AT 546 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD WAS SHOWING AN
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN POLK AND DALLAS
COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS ALONG WITH
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF URBANA...PUMPKIN
CENTER...LOUISBURG AND POLK THROUGH 630 AM AND THEY MOVE TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

LINDENBERG
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:49 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
MOZ079>081-091-071150-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
548 AM CDT MON AUG 7 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO POLK AND DALLAS COUNTIES...

AT 546 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD WAS SHOWING AN
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN POLK AND DALLAS
COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS ALONG WITH
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

THESE THUNDERSTdORMS WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF URBANA...PUMPKIN
CENTER...LOUISBURG AND POLK THROUGH 630 AM AND THEY MOVE TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

LINDENBERG

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, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper43 min
Aug 7, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper45 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.