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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Springfield, MO

April 19, 1995Greene County, Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT for Greene County, Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greene County, MO, Webster County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 1995-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 200345
SVRSGF
MOC077-225-200430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1045 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY...WEBSTER COUNTY
 
AT 1044 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NIXA
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
IN NIXA AT 1040 PM.
 
THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTERN GREENE COUNTY AND MOVE TO MARSHFIELD
BY 1115 PM CDT.
 
MURPHY

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, 8:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 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
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 9:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-200440-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
910 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 224 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR A SMALL PART
OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NEWTON...MCDONALD...BARRY...STONE...TANEY...CHRISTIAN...DOUGLAS...
OZARK...AND HOWELL.  THE CITIES OF PINEVILLE...NEOSHO...CASSVILLE...
BRANSON...OZARK...AND WEST PLAINS ARE IN INCLUDED.  THE WATCH IS
VALID UNTIL 3 AM.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

RIDDLE
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 10:38 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-200440-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1038 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

AT 1035 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDER-
STORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO NEAR CASSVILLE TO
FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS LINE WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING STRONG
WINDS NEAR 50 MPH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SHOULD
MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AROUND 1100 PM CDT.
MURPHY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, McDonald54 min
Apr 19, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry31 min
Apr 19, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone44 min
Apr 19, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian36 min
Apr 19, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone, Taney22 min
Apr 20, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney15 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.