Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1995, 2:30 PM CDT for Barton County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1995, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1995, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barton County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 171931 SVRSGF MOC011-172000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 230 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...BARTON COUNTY AT 230 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE OR ABOUT 10 NORTH-NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITY OF LAMAR AROUND 245 PM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. 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. GAEDE
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
Local storm report, May 17, 11:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1120 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995
TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
...REPORT FROM THE MORNING OF MAY 17...
0835 AM LAMAR MO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
BARTON SKYWARN REPORT
0934 AM NEVADA MO NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
VERNON 15 HOMES WITH SVR
DAMAGE...TOWN SQUARE
HAS SVR DAMAGE ALL DUE
TO EXTREMELY STRONG
WINDS
0947 AM DEDERICK MO TORNADO
VERNON DOWNED SEVERAL TREES
AND DAMAGED SOME
BUILDINGS AND ROOFS
DAVISLocal storm report, May 17, 11:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1120 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995
TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
...REPORT FROM THE MORNING OF MAY 17...
0835 AM LAMAR MO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
BARTON SKYWARN REPORT
0934 AM NEVADA MO NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
VERNON 15 HOMES WITH SVR
DAMAGE...TOWN SQUARE
HAS SVR DAMAGE ALL DUE
TO EXTREMELY STRONG
WINDS
SKYWARN/RADIO STATION
REPORT
0947 AM DEDERICK MO TORNADO
VERNON DOWNED SEVERAL TREES
AND DAMAGED SOME
BUILDINGS AND ROOFS
SKYWARN REPORT
DAVISSpecial weather statement, May 17, 11:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-171745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1141 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN LOOK TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST MISSOURI INTO THE AFTERNOON... AT 1140 AM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM AURORA TO LAMAR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH AREAS FROM ELDORADO SPRINGS TO ASH GROVE THROUGH 1230 PM. OTHER STRONG STORMS EXTENDED FROM CONWAY TO EAST OF LEBANON. THESE WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBILTY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATES STORMS THIS MORNING HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED 1 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS VERNON...BARTON...AND NORTHERN JASPER COUNTIES. WITH MORE STORMS MOVING BACK INTO THE AREA...FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE A GOOD POSSIBILTY THIS AFTERNOON IN THESE AREAS. RUNNELS
Special weather statement, May 17, 1:44 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
MOZ082-096>098-105>108-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 143 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 500 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 5 PM CDT. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... SHANNON...TEXAS...HOWELL...OREGON AND CARTER. THE CITIES OF WEST PLAINS AND HOUSTON ARE IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. 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. A URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR VERNON...BARTON ...CEDAR...JASPER...DADE...POLK...DALLAS AND LACLEDE COUNTIES UNTIL* 500 PM CDT. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DAVIS
Local storm report, May 17, 1:49 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
150 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995
TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
...REPORT FROM THE MORNING OF WEDNESDAY MAY 17...UPDATE...
0835 AM LAMAR MO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
BARTON SKYWARN REPORT
0934 AM NEVADA MO NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
VERNON 15 HOMES WITH SVR
DAMAGE...TOWN SQUARE
HAS SVR DAMAGE ALL DUE
TO EXTREMELY STRONG
WINDS
0947 AM DEDERICK MO TORNADO
VERNON DOWNED SEVERAL TREES
AND DAMAGED SOME
BUI8LDINGS AND ROOFS
0830 AM 5N OSKALOOSA MO PINGPONG SIZE HAIL
SPOTTER REPORT
DAVISSpecial weather statement, May 17, 2:03 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-172005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 201 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING BACK INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISOURI... AT 2 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL WERE MOVING OUT OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NOEL MISSOURI TO KIMBERLING CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL EXTEND FROM OZARK TO MONETT BY 3 PM. OTHER STORMS...WHICH EXTEND FROM MARSHFIELD TO GREENFIELD...WILL EXTEND FROM HUMANSVILLE TO LEBENON BY 3 PM. IN ADDITION T`O THE POSSIBILTY OF HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. 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, 9:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 19 min |
| May 17, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 18 min |
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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.