Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1995, 12:16 AM CDT for Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 15 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1995, 12:16 AM CDT (05:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1995, 12:31 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Taney County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 200516 SVRSGF MOC213-200545- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1216 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...NORTHEASTERN TANEY COUNTY AT 1216 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FORSYTH IN TANEY COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL AS IT MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. MURPHY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, 3 hours 37 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, 3 hours 3 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, 1 hour 38 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
Local storm report, Apr 19, 11:36 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1135 PM CDT TUE APR 19 1995
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM EVENING OF APRIL 19
TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 PM CASSVILLE MO THUNDERSTORM WIND
BARRY CO TREE LIMBS DOWN REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
1045 PM 5S SPRINGFIELD MO 0.75 INCH HAIL
GREENE CO
1120 PM MARSHFIELD MO 60 MPH THUNDERSTORM WIND
WEBSTER CO REPORTED BY SHERIFF
RUNNELSLocal storm report, Apr 19, 11:46 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1145 PM CDT TUE APR 19 1995
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM EVENING OF APRIL 19
TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
z ....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 PM VIOLA MO 0.88 INCH HAIL
BARRY CO
1142 PM 2E VIOLA MO 0.88 INCH HAIL
STONE CO
RUNNELSLocal storm report, Apr 20, 12:08 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1210 AM CDT WED APR 20 1995
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM EVENING OF APRIL 19
TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1138 PM OZARK MO THUNDERSTORM WIND
CHRISTIAN CO SHERIFF REPORTED LIMBS
DOWN
RUNNELSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald | 54 min |
| 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 |
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.