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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Springfield, MO

June 8, 1995Barry County, McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1995, 3:29 PM CDT for Barry County, McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barry County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 282 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-697 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
600 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 082030
TORSGF
MOC009-119-145-082115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
329 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...WESTERN BARRY COUNTY...EASTERN MCDONALD COUNTY
   ...EASTERN NEWTON COUNTY
 
AT 330 PM CDT THE RADAR AT SPRIINGFIELD MISSOURI NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE SHOWS A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEOSHO MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH. THIS STORM WILL EFFECT THE TOWNS OF STELLA...FAIRVIEW...NEWTONIA
AND STARK CITY UNTIL 345 PM CDT AND THEN WHEATON AND MONETT BY 4 PM CDT.
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
NINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 12:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede41 min
Jun 8, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene51 min
Jun 8, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian40 min
Jun 8, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede45 min
Jun 8, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas52 min
Jun 8, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster44 min
Jun 8, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCarter, Shannon67 min
Jun 8, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Howell63 min
Jun 8, 3:14 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDouglas46 min
Jun 8, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCarter, Shannon49 min
Jun 8, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell49 min
Jun 8, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry45 min
Jun 8, 4:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFJasper, Newton44 min
Jun 8, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCarter47 min
Jun 8, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFStone53 min
Jun 8, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney41 min
Jun 8, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFTaney40 min
Jun 8, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFNewton14 min
Jun 8, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark44 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.