Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1995, 7:23 PM CDT for Jasper County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1995, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jasper County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 180024 SVRSGF MOC097-180115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 723 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY AT 722 PM...SPRINGFIELD DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF CARL JUNCTION AND ASBURY BY 740...AND THE TOWN OF JASPER BY 8 PM. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH AND LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. < A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. RIDDLE
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, 1:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 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, 5 hours 34 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, 5 hours 20 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
Special weather statement, May 17, 4:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
MOZ081-077-078-079-080-082-088-089-090-091-092-093-094-095-096- 097-098-101-102-103-104-105-106-107-108-066-180000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 355 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 AT 355 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MARCH ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE MAINLY NORTH OF LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF JOPLIN TO NEAR SPRINGFIELD TO WEST PLAINS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH OF THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE JOPLIN...SPRINGFIELD...BRANSON AND WEST PLAINS AREA WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER. HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE BACK INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AFTER 6 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 421 ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS& FOR LATER STATMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 17, 4:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-180340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 435 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS A GOOD POSSIBILITY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT... AT 430 PM...RADAR INDICATED ONE BATCH OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXITING SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. SOME THINNING OF THE CLOUDS WERE NOTED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE MIDDLE 70S. THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER OKLAHOMA AND THESE STORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO BE SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THERE IS EVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES. A WATCH MAY BE ISSUED THIS EVENING FOR THE AREA SO SPOTTERS AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVIATION. ALSO...THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COMBINED WITH THE EARLIER RAIN FROM THIS MORNING WILL CREATE VERY DANGEROUS FLOODING CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...NEAR CREEKS AND RIVERS...AND IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. RIDDLE
Special weather statement, May 17, 6:28 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-180530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 626 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 425 IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL MIDNIGHT... TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES VERNON...BARTON...JASPER...NEWTON...MCDONALD...CEDAR...DADE...LAWRENCE.. BARRY...POLK...GREENE...CHRISTIAN...STONE...TANEY...OZARK...WEBSTER... WRIGHT...DOUGLAS...DALLAS...AND LACLEDE. CITIES OF SPRINGFIELD...JOPLIN...BRANSON...BOLIVAR...NEVADA...NEOSHO... LEBANON...AND MARSHFIELD ARE IN THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AT 625 FROM FROM NEAR PARSONS KANSAS TO THE TULSA/VINITA AREA IN OKLAHOMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND THESE STORMS WILL ENTER WESTERN MISSOURI BETWEEN 7 AND 730 PM AND THEN TRACK ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LIFNES IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES IN THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. RIDDLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 59 min |
| May 17, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton | 47 min |
| May 17, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade | 37 min |
| May 17, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 12 min |
| May 18, 8:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 43 min |
| May 18, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 25 min |
| May 18, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 43 min |
| May 18, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 32 min |
| May 18, 10:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Texas | 37 min |
| May 18, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 37 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.