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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Springfield, MO

May 17, 1995Vernon County, Missouri

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.

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, 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.

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 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
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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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 8:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon42 min
May 17, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton30 min
May 17, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon18 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.