Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 8:29 PM CDT for Christian County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1995, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Christian County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 140130 SVRSGF MOC043-140200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 829 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...CHRISTIAN COUNTY AT 828 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF HIGHLANDVILLE MISSOURI...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF HIGHLANDVILLE AND CHRISTIAN CENTER BY 840 PM. LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 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. SUTTON
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, 6:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 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 hour 11 minutes 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, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 101 min |
| 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, 8:57 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.