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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Springfield, MO

May 18, 1995Greene County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 8:47 AM CDT for Greene County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 8:47 AM CDT (13:47 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Greene County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:49 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 279 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 181348
SVRSGF
MOC077-181430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
847 AM CDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...EASTERN GREENE COUNTY
 
AT 845 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR THREE MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN PORTIONS OF SPRINGFIELD THROUGH 9 AM...AND WILL BE LOCATED NEAR
STRAFFORD BY 915 AM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
 
 
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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon59 min
May 17, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper52 min
May 17, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarton47 min
May 17, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade37 min
May 17, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk12 min
May 18, 9:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster25 min
May 18, 9:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede43 min
May 18, 9:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas32 min
May 18, 10:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Texas37 min
May 18, 11:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon37 min

Nearby

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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.