Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1995, 9:41 AM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 19 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1995, 9:41 AM CDT (14:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1995, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 171443 SVRSGF MOC217-171515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 941 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...EASTERN VERNON COUNTY AT 940 AM CDT..RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WITH 70 MPH WINDS 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HORTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH THROUGH EASTERN VERNON COUNTY. RESIDENTS IN SHELL CITY AND DEDERICK SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REPORTS OF DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND DOWNED POWER LINES WERE RECIEVED FROM NEVADA AT 935. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 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, 1 hour 34 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
Special weather statement, May 17, 9:37 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-171540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 935 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 1 PM. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 930 AM CDT...WIDESPREAD SHOWES AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE OUT OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE STRONGEST TO THE NORTHWEST OF NEVADA. THIS STORM WILL BRING HEAVY RAINS...STROG WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL BACK THROUGH THE SHELL CITY AND DEDERICK AREAS BETWEEN 945 AND 10 AM. OTHER STORMS ALSO EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF JOPLIN TO BOLIVAR. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO LOOKS TO REMAIN A THREAT THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO THE NIGHT. RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. RUNNELS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 8:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 42 min |
| May 17, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 30 min |
| May 17, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 18 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.