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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Springfield, MO

May 17, 1995Polk County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1995, 9:03 PM CDT for Polk County, Missouri. It was in force for 12 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 1995, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

County Polk County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 249 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 180204
SVRSGF
MOC167-180215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
903 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY
 
AT 902 PM..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE
TOWN OF POLK. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL AND STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE
NORTHEAST CORNER OF POLK COUNTY THROUGH 915 PM.
 
 
 
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.
 
 
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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, 4:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 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, 4 hours 27 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.

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Special weather statement, May 17, 6:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 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.

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Local storm report, May 17, 8:55 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
854 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995

TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

...REPORT FROM THE EVENING OF WEDNESDAY MAY 17...

0730 PM    MINDENMINES               MO   THUNDERSTORM WIND
           BARTON CO                      HOUSE TRAILER AND SEVERAL
                                          OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED

0741 PM    1S IANTHA                 MO   80 MPH WINDS-0.75 INCH HAIL
           BARTON CO

0820 PM    7N BEARCREEK              MO    THUNDERSTORM WIND
           CEDAR CO                        TOPS OF TREES REMOVED.

RUNNELS

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, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper	52 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 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, 1995 Every 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.