Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Springfield, MO

MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-271550-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
848 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND MOVE INTO
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 845 AM CDT RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THIS AREA WAS LOCATED WEST OF A NEVADA TO GOLDEN
CITY AND SARCOXIE LINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH
WITH THE STRONGER STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY
MOVE ACROSS THE CARTHAGE...JOPLIN...LAMAR AND NEVADA AREAS.

ALSO INDICATED AT 845 AM CDT WAS A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BETWEEN WEST PLAINS AND ALTON. THIS
AREA WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY
RAINFALL.

ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS SOUTHWEST MI
SSOURI...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALSO
POSSIBLE. PERSONS ENGAGING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TODAY SHOULD CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THEIR FAVORITE WEATHER SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

SUTTON

MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-271900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1156 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING OVER NORTH ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AT 1147 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD INDICATED TWO AREAS
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE FIRST WAS LOCATED FROM CASSVILLE MISSOURI SOUTH
INITO NORTH ARKANSAS NEAR EUREKA SPRINGS. THIS AREA WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY
WINDS NEAR 40 MPH AS IT MOVES INTO THE GALENA AND BRANSON AREAS BY 1230
PM.

THE SECOND AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED WEST
OF A INE FROM NEVADA MISSOURI TO MIAMI OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE LAMAR AND NEVADA
AREAS BY 1230 PM CDT.  HEAVY RAINFALL IS THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE
STORMS.

PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THEIR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION AS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS VERY POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.
PERSONS CAMPING SHOULD BEWARE THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE STRONGER
STORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS TO DEVELOP IN LOW AREAS AND ON SMALL
STREAMS.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD MONITOR THE
LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED
...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

SUTTON

MOZ078-079-089-090-094-271935-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
131 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS STOCKTON LAKE...

AT 125 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WEST OF STOCKTON TO
NEAR SARCOXIE...20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARTHAGE MISSOURI.  THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE
STOCKTON LAKE AREA TOWARDS 2 PM.

THESE STORMS EARLIER PRODUCED 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS
THEY MOVED THROUGH CARTHAGE.  BOATERS AND OUTDOORSMAN IN AND AROUND
STOCKTON LAKE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER FROM THESE STORMS.

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.

RUNNELS