Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1995, 5:22 PM CDT for Ripley County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1995, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ripley County, MO
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Fairdealing, MO | A tornado briefly touched down in an open field. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 1513 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 072223 TORSGF MOC181-072300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 522 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI ...EASTERN RIPLEY COUNTY AT 520 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR ELLSINORE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF FLATWOODS AND FAIRDEALING BY 540 PM AND OXLY AND NAYLOR BY 550 PM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND HAIL ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. MS/JG
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 7, 4:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-072315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 410 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #565 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR TEXAS... SHANNON...HOWELL...OREGON...CARTER AND RIPLEY COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING SHANNON...CARTER...RIPLEY AND OREGON COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT THREE HOURS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. SUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-072315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 410 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #565 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR TEXAS... SHANNON...HOWELL...OREGON...CARTER AND RIPLEY COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING SHANNON...CARTER...RIPLEY AND OREGON COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT THREE HOURS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. SUTTON
Local storm report, Jun 7, 5:00 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
500 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1995
...CORRECTION...
TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
430 PM 11E EMINENCE MO TORNADO
06/07/95 SHANNON BY HIGHWAY PATROL
458 PM VAN BUREN MO 60-70 MPH WIND
06/07/95 CARTER BY SHERIFFLocal storm report, Jun 7, 5:01 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
500 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1995
TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
430 PM 11E EMINENCE MO TORNADO
06/05/95 SHANNON BY HIGHWAY PATROL
458 PM VAN BUREN MO 60-70 MPH WIND
CARTER BY SHERIFF
DAVIS
942 PM ISEBELLA MO LARGE TREE LIMBS/POWER
OZARK LINES DOWN
945 PM SPRINGFIELD MO 55-60 MPH WINDS/POWER LINES
GREENE DOWN
950 PM SPRINGFIELD MO 45-55 MPH WINDS/LARGE
GREENE TREE LIMBS/POWER LINES
DOWN
1002 PM 8 S BOLIVAR MO NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
POLK BYl SPOTTER
1005 PM POLK-GREEN COUNTY MO DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
LINE ON HIGHWAY 13 SPOTTERLocal storm report, Jun 7, 5:03 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
500 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1995
...CORRECTION...
TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTpY LOCATION....
430 PM 11E EMINENCE MO TORNADO
06/07/95 SHANNON BY HIGHWAY PATROL
458 PM VAN BUREN MO 60-70 MPH WIND
06/07/95 CARTER BY SHERIFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Shannon | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Carter | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Carter | 17 min |
| Jun 7, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ripley | 36 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.