Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1995, 3:14 PM CDT for Douglas County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1995, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1995, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Douglas County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 328 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
- 2724 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 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 082015 TORSGF MOC067-082100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 314 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...DOUGLAS COUNTY AT 315 PM THE RADAR AT SPRINGFIELD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHOWS A TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTH OF VAN ZANT MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL EFFECT EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. NINE 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 CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. &
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 8, 11:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
MOZ066-077-078-081825- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1120 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 1117 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN KANSAS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LARGE AREA FROM FULTON AND FORT SCOTT KANSAS SOUTH TO BETWEEN CHANUTE AND PITTSBURG. THIS BAND WAS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE VERNON AND BARTON COUNTY AREAS BY 1145 AM. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...PEA SIZE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
MOZ066-077-078-081825- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1120 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 1117 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN KANSAS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LARGE AREA FROM FULTON AND FORT SCOTT KANSAS SOUTH TO BETWEEN CHANUTE AND PITTSBURG. THIS BAND WAS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE VERNON AND BARTON COUNTY AREAS BY 1145 AM. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...PEA SIZE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADNIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-081920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1219 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 ...LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR VERNON COUNTY... AT 1214 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM PITTSBURG KANSAS TO STOCKTON MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS AREA WAS LOCATED BETWEEN EL DORADO SPRINGS AND CAPLINGER MILLS IN NORTHERN CEDAR COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH WHILE THE AREA CONTINUED TO DRIFT EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALSO POSSIBLE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED 10 MILES WEST OF JOPLIN AND NORTH OF BOLIVAR. MOVEMENT WAS ALSO NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. THE LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT INTO SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...PRODUCING HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL COMBINED WITH SEVERAL STORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. 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. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-081920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1219 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 ...LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR VERNON COUNTY... AT 1214 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM PITTSBURG KANSAS TO STOCKTON MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS AREA WAS LOCATED BETWEEN EL DORADO SPRINGS AND CAPLINGER MILLS IN NORTHERN CEDAR COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH WHILE THE AREA CONTINUED TO DRIFT EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALSO POSSIBLE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED 10 MILES WEST OF JOPLIN AND NORTH OF BOLIVAR. MOVEMENT WAS ALSO NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. THE LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT INTO SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...PRODUCING HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL COMBINED WITH SEVERAL STORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. 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. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TVT STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-082035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 133 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM CDT... AT 130 PM CDT SPRINGFIELD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM RICHLAND TO SPRINGFIELD AND THEN TO NEOSHO MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40-50 MPH...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSING SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. W. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-082035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 133 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM CDT... AT 130 PM CDT SPRINGFIELD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM RICHLAND TO SPRINGFIELD AND THEN TO NEOSHO MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40-50 MPH...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSING SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER fGROUND. W. MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Carter, Shannon | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Newton | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Carter, Shannon | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Carter | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Taney | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Newton | 14 min |
| Jun 8, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 44 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.