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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Springfield, MO

May 23, 1995Barton County, Jasper County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1995, 6:02 PM CDT for Barton County, Jasper County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 1995, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 1995-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 332 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 394 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
332 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
394 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
447 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
7.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 232303
SVRSGF
MOC011-097-232345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
602 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  650 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...WESTERN BARTON COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY
 
AT 600 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ASBURY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
TOWNS OF ASBURY AROUND 610 PM AND NASHVILLE BY 620 PM AND LAMAR BY
640 PM.
 
LARGE HAIL NEAR 1 AND 1/2 INCHES MAY OCCUR WITH THIS STORM ALONG
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
MURPHY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper30 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.