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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Springfield, MO

May 16, 1995Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 4:27 AM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 4:27 AM CDT (09:27 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Vernon County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2430 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1164 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

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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 16, 3:30 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-161130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
329 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 9
AM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
UNTIL 9 AM CDT. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BARTON
...CEDAR...DADE...POLK...DALLAS...JASPER...LAWRENCE...GREENE...WEBSTER
...NEWTON...MCDONALD...BARRY...STONE...CHRISTIAN...AND TANEY. THIS
INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO...JOPLIN...MONETT...
BRANSON...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...LAMAR AND CARTHAGE.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS
MORNING...AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE
MAIN THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THESE WINDS MAY OCCUR AHEAD OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. IN
ADDITION...LARGE HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDEjRSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR VERNON COUNTY UNTIL
800 AM CDT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

SUTTON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 5:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas39 min
May 16, 5:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar47 min
May 16, 6:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede36 min
May 16, 6:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster, Wright35 min

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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.