Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1995, 1:38 AM CDT for Howell County, Texas County, Missouri. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1995, 1:38 AM CDT (06:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1995, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Howell County, MO, Texas County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 464 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 080639 SVRSGF MOC091-215-080745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 138 AM CDT MON MAY 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI ...HOWELL COUNTY...TEXAS COUNTY AT 135 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS TEXAS AND HOWELL COUNTIES BY 210 AM CDT. THE COMMUNITIES OF HOUSTON...CABOOL...LICKING...WILLOW SPRINGS...MOUNTAIN VIEW AND SUMMERSVILLE. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF OVER 60 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. TREES WERE DOWNED IN THE CITY OF LEBANON AT 130 AM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTIOnN 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. DAVIS &
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, May 7, 7:58 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-080500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 758 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 750 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM JOPLIN NORTHEAST TO STOCKTON. THE AREA WAS ABOUT 40 MILES WIDE. RADAR ESTIMATES AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS EVENING IN THIS AREA WITH LOCALLY UP TO 2 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF CEDAR COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. EXPECT A BRIEF BREAK IN THE HEAVY RAINFALL FOR A WHILE THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TO NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AROUND 10PM. FURTHER EAST...FROM SPRINGFIELD TO BRANSON AND POINTS EAST ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE REPORTED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE IN SPRINGFIELD AND BRANSON AND POINTS EAST AROUND MIDNIGHT AND THEREAFTER. NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...BUT LOW LYING AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL HAVE STANDING WATER. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS. RIDDLE
Special weather statement, May 7, 8:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-080625- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 820 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 313 IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 300 AM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...VERNON...BARTON...JASPER ...CEDAR...DADE...LAWRENCE...POLK...GREENE...CHRISTIAN...AND DALLAS. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SPRINGFIELD...JOPLIN...NEVADA... STOCKTON...MT VERNON...BOLIVAR...AND OZARK. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WATCH AREA AFTER 10 PM. RIDDLE
Local storm report, May 7, 9:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
905 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995
TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1745 PM MINDEMINES MO COUNTY CD DIRECTOR RPTD
(545 PM) BARTON COUNTY BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
NEAR TOWN. NARROW DAMAGE
PATH FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF
MINDEMINES TO MINDEMINES.
REPORTS OF POWER LINES AND
TREES DOWN AND ROOF WAS BLOWN
| OFF HOME. DESTROYED ONE
GARAGE. NO INJURIES REPORTED.Special weather statement, May 7, 9:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-080725- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 924 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 313 CONTINUES UNTIL 3 AM CDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI OVERNIGHT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR THE AREA FROM JOPLIN TO OZARK TO BUFFALO AND POINTS NORTH. THIS INCLUDES SPRINGFIELD. ALSO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THAT PART OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI FROM JOPLIN TO BOLIVAR AND BUFFALO AND POINTS NORTH. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF VERNON...BARTON...JASPER...DADE...CEDAR...LAWRENCE...POLK...AND DALLAS. AT 925 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR PARSON KANSAS SOUTH TO TULSA. WINDS TO 70 MPH HAS BEEN REPORTED IN TULSA AT 908 PM. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL REACH THE WESTERN BORDER OF MISSOURI AROUND 1015 OR 1030 PM. RIDDLE
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:26 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-081025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 124 AM CDT MON MAY 8 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 313 AND TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 315 HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE JOPLIN...SPRINGFIELD...BOLIVAR...AND NEVADA AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALSO THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE BRANSON AREA AND POINTS WEST HAS BEEN CANCELLED.H THE SEVERE STORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. RIDDLE
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:31 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-081030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 129 AM CDT MON MAY 8 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 317 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... LACLEDE...DOUGLAS...WRIGHT...OZARK...HOWELL...TEXAS...OREGON...CARTER... ...RIPLEY...AND SHANNON. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WAS LOVCATED FROM NEAR LEBANON SOUTH TO HARTVILLE TO EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS PUSHING EAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE LINE OF STORMS PASS OVERHEAD. RIDDLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence | 54 min |
| May 7, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Vernon | 53 min |
| May 7, 11:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Stone | 65 min |
| May 8, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Polk, Webster | 55 min |
| May 8, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Wright | 59 min |
| May 8, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 32 min |
| May 8, 3:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 6 hr |
| May 8, 3:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 6 hr |
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.