Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Springfield, MO

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

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

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