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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Springfield, MO
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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas | 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 |
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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.