Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 5:28 AM CDT for Cedar County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1995, 5:28 AM CDT (10:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1995, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cedar County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 58 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, 9 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 4:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 63 min |
| May 16, 5:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 39 min |
| May 16, 6:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede | 36 min |
| May 16, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster, Wright | 35 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.