Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Springfield, MO

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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

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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

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

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI...

AT 227 PM...SPRINGFIELD RADAR SHOWED THREE CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI
BORDER AND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH JUST SOUTH OF CASSVILLE AND
TO THE KIMBERLING CITY AND GALENA AREAS BY 330 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH
HAVE BEEN REPORTED UPROOTING TREES.

ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS FROM HARTVILLE TO GAINESVILLE WILL EXTEND FROM
HOUSTON TO WILLOW SPRINGS BY 330 PM.

A THIRD STRONG CLUSTER OF STORMS NEAR GREENFIELD IN DADE COUNTY WILL
MOVE INTO POLK COUNTY BY 330 PM.

EACH OF THESE STORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CAUSING
LOCALIZED LOW LAND AND ROADWAY FLOODING...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.

PERSONS OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND TAKE
SHELTER AT SIGNS OF AN APPROACHING STORM.

RIDDLE

MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-272215-

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

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS TO 50 MPH PASSING THROUGH
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND THE TRI LAKES AREA...
...ALL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM...

AT 310...SPRINGFIELD RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
10 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF OZARK THEN TO
15 MILES WEST OF BRANSON.  WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS AS IT AFFECTS THE
SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF SPRINGFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AND BRANSON BY 4 PM.

THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE6 PATH OF THESE STORMS AND BOATERS IN THE TABLE ROCK
LAKE AND LAKE TANEYCOMO AREA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE FROM THESE
STORMS.

RIDDLE