Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 7:19 PM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 101 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1995, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 101 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County McDonald County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 2575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 140020 SVRSGF MOC119-140200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 719 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...MCDONALD COUNTY AT 719 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED 1 MILE SOUTH OF NOEL MISSOURI MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 25 MPH. LARGE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AND WILL BE AFFECT THE TOWN OF JANE BY 740 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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 13, 2:19 PM CDT, 5 hours before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-132330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 220 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... A WEAK FRONT WAS PUSHING INTO WESTERN MISSOURI AT 2 PM. SO FAR...NO THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED ALONG THE FRONT. HOWEVER...WITH THE WARM AND HUMID WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. THE THREAT FOR ANY SEVERE ACTIVITY IS EAST OF A BOLIVAR TO SPRINGFIELD TO BRANSON LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE WEST PLAINS AND LEBANON AREA. FOR SPRINGFIELD...BRANSON...AND JOPLIN THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LOWERING WITH EACH PASSING HOUR. ANY STORM THAT DOES FORM TODAY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE WINDS TO 70 MPH AND HAIL. THOSE OUTDOORS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND SEEK SHELTER ONCE A STORM HAS FORMED OR THUNDER OR LIGHTNING IS OBSER~VED. RIDDLE
Special weather statement, May 13, 6:56 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-140200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 656 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1 AM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SPRINGFIELD...WEST PLAINS...MONETT AND BRANSON. A SURFACE BOUNDARY THAT STRETCHED FROM ST LOUIS ACROSS SPRINGFIELD INTO NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL SERVE AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. AT 653 PM CDT RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE BAND OF STORMS WAS INIDICATED FROM BETWEEN JAY AND KANSAS OKLAHOMA NORTHEAST TO BETWEEN SOUTHWEST CITY MISSOURI AND BENTONVILLE ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEzATHER SITUATION. SUTTON
Special weather statement, May 13, 7:18 PM CDT, 1 minute before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-140120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 717 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 1 AM CDT... AT 716 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING MONETT MISSOURI AND ALONG THE MISSOURI/ARKANSAS BORDER SOUTH OF NOEL MISSOURI. THESE STORMS ARE INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MCDONALD COUNTY MAY BE ISSUED WITHIN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES. THESE STRONG STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. SUTTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 36 min |
| May 13, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Stone | 33 min |
| May 13, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 35 min |
| May 13, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 31 min |
| May 13, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 33 min |
| May 13, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Texas | 21 min |
| May 13, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 32 min |
| May 13, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 25 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.