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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Springfield, MO

May 16, 1995Dallas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 5:21 AM CDT for Dallas County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 5:21 AM CDT (10:21 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Dallas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:25 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 161022
SVRSGF
MOC059-161100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
521 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...DALLAS COUNTY
 
AT 521 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER BUFFALO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL
AFFECT BUFFALO FOR THE NEXT TEN MINUTES AND THEN WINDYVILLE BY 540 AM.
VERY STRONG WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, 1 hour 51 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
Special weather statement, May 16, 5:19 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-161120-

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

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN POLK COUNTY...

AT 515 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER EASTERN POLK COUNTY MIDWAY BETWEEN HALFWAY AND BUFFALO. MOVEMENT
WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF
BUFFALO AND PUMPKIN CENTER BY 530 AM.  THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HIGH
WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALONG WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THIS IS A VERY
STRONG STORM THAT COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 900 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, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon63 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

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.