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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

June 7, 1995Ripley County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1995, 5:54 PM CDT for Ripley County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
36 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 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1513 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 072256
TORSGF
MOC181-072330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
554 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...EASTERN RIPLEY COUNTY
 
AT 552 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 6 MILES
NORTH NORTHWEST OF FAIRDEALING MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM
WILL AFFECT FAIRDEALING AND FLATWOODS UNTIL 615 PM AND THE OXLY AND
NAYLOR AREAS BY 620 PM.
 
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...SO IF YOU ARE IN
FAIRDEALING...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSBHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
MS/JG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFShannon44 min
Jun 7, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCarter41 min
Jun 7, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFRipley38 min
Jun 7, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCarter17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.