Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1995, 6:07 PM CDT for Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1995, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newton County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 1031 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 272310 SVRSGF MOC145-272345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 607 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...NEWTON COUNTY AT 608 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH NEOSHO. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MPH TOWARDS GRANBY AND WENTWORTH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. RUNNELS &
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 27, 1:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, May 27, 2:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-272235- 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
Special weather statement, May 27, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, May 27, 4:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-280110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 409 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 483 FOR A PART OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 11 PM... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... VERNON...BARTON...JASPER...NEWTON...CEDAR...DADE...AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JOPLIN...STOCKTON...MT VERNON...NEVADA ...AND NEOSHO. RIDDLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 4:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 27 min |
| May 27, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 23 min |
| May 27, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 32 min |
| May 27, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 30 min |
| May 27, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 34 min |
| May 27, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 29 min |
| May 27, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 32 min |
| May 27, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 38 min |
| May 27, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Taney | 36 min |
| May 27, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas | 50 min |
| May 27, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 50 min |
| May 27, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.