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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Springfield, MO

May 13, 1995Christian County, Missouri

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2575 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald101 min
May 13, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry36 min
May 13, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Stone33 min
May 13, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster35 min
May 13, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian33 min
May 13, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Texas21 min
May 13, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas32 min
May 13, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas25 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.