Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 1995, 12:55 AM CDT for Barry County, Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 1995, 12:55 AM CDT (05:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 1995, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barry County, MO, Stone County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 24 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 180556 SVRSGF MOC009-209-180630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1255 AM CDT TUE APR 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...BARRY COUNTY...STONE COUNTY AT 1250AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING SOUTHWEST BARRY COUNTY NEAR SELIGMAN. RADAR ESTIMATE WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT OF STORMS IS EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL EFFECT THE TOWNS OF CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...AND GALENA. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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 56 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 44 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, 3 hours 12 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.
RIDDLESpecial weather statement, Apr 17, 10:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 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 47 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, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 34 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.