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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Springfield, MO

May 17, 1995Barton County, Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1995, 8:18 AM CDT for Barton County, Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1995, 8:18 AM CDT (13:18 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1995, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barton County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:23 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 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 278 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 395 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
278 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-248 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
395 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
426 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 171319
SVRSGF
MOC011-217-171400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
818 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...WESTERN BARTON COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...VERNON COUNTY
 
AT 815 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM INTENSFYING TO SEVERE LEVELS 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF MINDENMINES MISSOURI. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH AND WILL EFFECT THE TOWNS OF LIBERAL AND OSKALOOSA BY 830 AM
AND INTO THE DEERFIELD AND NEVADA AREAS BY 845.
 
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
RUNNELS

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 17, 8:07 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
MOZ082-096>098-105>108-161750-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0745 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
   UNTIL 100 PM CDT...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN AND
   CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT.  THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES
OF BARRY...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS...DOUGLAS...GREENE...LACLEDE...
LAWRENCE...OZARK...POLK...STONE...TANEY...MCDONALD...BARTON...JASPER...
NEWTON...CEDAR...VERNON...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT.

THE CITIES OF LEBANON...CASSVILLE...JOPLIN...NEVADA...STOCKTON...
BRANSON AND SPRINGFIELD ARE IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS IN THESE AREAS
SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
MISSOURI TODAY AND TONIGHT.  ANOTHER ROUND OF POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN MISSOURI...EASTERN KANSAS AND
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  THESE STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST TODAY AND
TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF MISSOURI CAUSING HEAVY FLOOD PRODUCING RAINFALL.
SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS WINDS.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
STATIONS FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

DAVIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 9:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon19 min
May 17, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton30 min
May 17, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon18 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.