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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Springfield, MO

May 18, 1995Howell County, Texas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 10:53 AM CDT for Howell County, Texas County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 10:53 AM CDT (15:53 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Howell County, MO, Texas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 304 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2951 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2951 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 181554
SVRSGF
MOC091-215-181630-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1053 AM CDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...HOWELL COUNTY...TEXAS COUNTY
 
AT 1050 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR
FROM ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNTAIN GROVE TO 12 MILES EAST OF
GAINESVILLE NEAR CAULFIELD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
 
THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA FROM CABOOL TO SOUTH FORK BY 1110 AM
AND THE AREA FROM HOUSTON TO WEST PLAINS BY 1120 AM. THESE STORMS ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND BRIEF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERjY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
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, 8:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene43 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, 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.