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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Springfield, MO

May 18, 1995Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 11:23 AM CDT for Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 11:23 AM CDT (16:23 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Shannon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 290 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 181625
SVRSGF
MOC203-181700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1123 AM CDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...SHANNON COUNTY
 
AT 1120 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF LICKING TO NEAR WILLOW SPRINGS.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE
TOWNS OF ALLEY SPRINGS AND AKERS BY 1140 AM...AND EMINENCE AND OWLS BEND
BY 1150 AM.
 
THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL...AND WIND GUSTS OVER 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, 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, 10:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Texas37 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.