Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1995, 10:28 PM CDT for Ozark County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1995, 10:28 PM CDT (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1995, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ozark County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 250329 SVRSGF MOC153-250415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1028 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...OZARK COUNTY AT 1027 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF GAINESVILLE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF GAINESVILLE BY 1035 PM...AND TECUMSEH BY 1050 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY 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 WAT|ER COVERS THE ROAD. GAEDE
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 24, 5:28 PM CDT, 5 hours before
MOZ090-094-242330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 527 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY... AT 525 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE ASH GROVE AND REPUBLIC AREAS BY 535 PM AND INTO THE SPRINGFIELD AREA BY 545 PnM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS GUSTS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. GAEDE
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
MOZ088-242355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 551 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THE JOPLIN AREA... AT 550 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF JOPLIN MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CARYTOWN AND JASPER AREAS BY 605 PM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. GAEDE
Special weather statement, May 24, 8:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
MOZ092-096>098-104>108-250435- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 831 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER SOUTHEAST COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT... A STEADY STREAM OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST AREA WAS GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A BRANSON TO HOUSTON LINE. THIS AREA WILL RECEIVE WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH...UP TO ONE AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. LOW LYING AREAS AND CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD RECEIVE LOCALIZED FLOODING AS MOST OF THE GROUND IS SATURATED. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. GORDON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 48 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.