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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Springfield, MO

May 27, 1995Greene County, Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1995, 7:58 PM CDT for Greene County, Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 1995, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greene County, MO, Webster County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 1995-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1342 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 1995-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 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
1342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
12.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 280101
SVRSGF
MOC077-225-280145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
758 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...EASTERN GREENE COUNTY...WEBSTER COUNTY
 
 
THE WARNING FOR GREENE COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
 
AT 758 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH
SPRINGFIELD. AT 752 PM....NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY AN OFF DUTY
NWS METEOROLOGIST ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF SPRINGFIELD.
 
THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AS
IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH THROUGH SPRINGFIELD AND STRAFFORD...AND
THEN INTO THE MARSHFIELD AREA BY 830 PM.
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCEb TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
 
 
&

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, 2:34 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 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, 4 hours 43 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, 3 hours 46 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
Local storm report, May 27, 6:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
616 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995

TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0607 PM    5NE JOPLIN                MO   1.75 INCH HAIL, 60 MPH WIND.
05/27/95   JASPER                         GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60
                                          MPH WIND AT 15 MILE MARKER OF
                                          I-44.

STORM DECREASED RAPIDLY AFTER HAIL FELL.

RUNNELS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene53 min
May 27, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper27 min
May 27, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade48 min
May 27, 8:20 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFGreene, Webster25 min
May 27, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede43 min
May 27, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFPolk53 min
May 27, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFWebster36 min
May 27, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence, Newton39 min
May 27, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede30 min
May 27, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene28 min
May 27, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Webster47 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.