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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

April 18, 1995Christian County, Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 1995, 1:13 AM CDT for Christian County, Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 1995, 1:13 AM CDT (06:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 1995, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Christian County, MO, Taney County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 1995-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 164 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 1995-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 425 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 180615
SVRSGF
MOC043-213-180700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
113 AM CDT TUE APR 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY...TANEY COUNTY
 
...AT 110AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE
POTENTIAL OF WINDS SPEEDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRANSON MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
 
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.
 
 
SHUMWAY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene27 min
Apr 17, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster35 min
Apr 17, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton50 min
Apr 17, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon50 min
Apr 17, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald35 min
Apr 18, 12:21 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald54 min
Apr 18, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper34 min
Apr 18, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone35 min
Apr 18, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark26 min

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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.