Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1995, 8:51 PM CDT for Barry County, McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 1995, 8:51 PM CDT (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1995, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barry County, MO, McDonald County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 200151 SVRSGF MOC009-119-200245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 851 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...BARRY COUNTY...MCDONALD COUNTY AT 848 PM CDT...SPRINGFIELD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST MCDONALD COUNTY NEAR SOUTHWEST CITY AND NOEL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL CROSS EASETRN SECTIONS OF MCDONALD COUNTY NEAR JANE AND POWELL BY 9 PM AND INTO BARRY COUNTY NEAR CASSVILLE AND SELIGMAN AROUND 915 TO 920 PM. 55 MPH WINDS AND PEA SIZE WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHWEST CITY BY MCDONALD COUNTY SHERRIFF AT 845 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL..`.AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. RIDDLE
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 19, 3:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-192210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 309 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS SOUTHERN MISSOURI... AT 300PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR FROM SPRINGFIELD WAS SHOWING A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN THIRD OF ARKANSAS. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO MISSOURI BETWEEN 400 AND 430PM. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS PUT THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF MISSOURI IN A SLIGHT RISK CATEGORY FOR SEVERE STORMS. WHILE THE AREA IS NOT CURRENTLY UNDER ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI TONIGHT. ...SOME SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY TIPS... 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. LINDENBERG
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 4:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-192215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 413 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS SOUTHERN MISSOURI... AT 410PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR FROM SPRINGFIELD WAS SHOWING A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF MISSOURI. ISOLATED STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WERE PRODUCING SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO MISSOURI BEFORE 5PM. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS PUT THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF MISSOURI IN A SLIGHT RISK CATEGORY FOR SEVERE STORMS. WHILE THE AREA IS NOT CURRENTLY UNDER ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI TONIGHT. ...REMEMBER... WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO rLOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. LINDENBERG
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 8:39 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-200340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 839 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO MCDONALD COUNTY IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 835 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SOUTHWEST CITY AND NOEL IN MCDONALD COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF NOEL...PINEVILLE...AND POWELL THROUGH 900 PM AND THEN MOVE INTO PARTS OF SOUTHERN BARRY COUNTY NEAR SELIGMAN AND CASSVILLE SHORTLY AFTER 9 PM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL. RIDDLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Webster | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 22 min |
| Apr 20, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 15 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.