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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO

April 9, 1995Barton County, Cedar County, Dade County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1995, 9:01 PM CDT for Barton County, Cedar County, Dade County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 1995, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1995, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1785 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
1785 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 100204 RRA
SVRSGF
MOC011-039-057-100245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
901 PM CDT SUN APR 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...EASTERN BARTON COUNTY...CEDAR COUNTY...WESTERN DADE COUNTY
 
AT 900PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN BARTON COUNTY...5 MILES EAST OF LAMAR. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS EXTREME
NORTHWEST DADE COUNTY AND THEN MOVE INTO CEDAR COUNTY AFFECTING THE
TOWNS OF JERICHO SPRINGS AND STOCKTON BY 940 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 BUSINES6S.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
RIDDLE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar32 min
Apr 10, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.