Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1995, 3:26 AM CDT for Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 1995, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1995, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lawrence County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 1783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 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 290827 SVRSGF MOC109-290915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 326 AM CDT SAT APR 29 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 325 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD WAS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR THE TOWN OF MOUNT VERNON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF MOUNT VERNON...AND HALLTOWN. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AS THE STORM PASSES THROUGH. 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 BBUSINESS. 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 29, 12:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-290645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1243 AM CDT SAT APR 29 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 1240 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR FROM SPRINGFIELD WAS SHOWING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM JUST SOUTH OF JOPLIN TO 10 MILES WEST OF NEVADA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS SHOULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE DEERFIELD AND NEVADA AREAS DURING THE &NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. LINDENBERG
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 1:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-290750- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 147 AM CDT SAT APR 29 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 145 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR FROM SPRINGFIELD WAS SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN SCATTERED ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BECOME MORE NUMEROUS DURING THE PAST HOUR AND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. BY 230 AM THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PIERCE CITY AND MOUNT VERNON AREAS AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES. LINDENBERG
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 2:29 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-290830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 229 AM CDT SAT APR 29 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 225 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR FROM SPRINGFIELD WAS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF NASHVILLE...PIERCE CITY...AND MOUNT VERNON THROUGH 315 AM. A LARGER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURIr BETWEEN 330AM AND 4AM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSBILE WARNINGS. LINDENBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 4:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 4:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.