Tornado Warning 16, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Jun 8, 1995, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 1995, 4:45 PM CDT

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Whole counties

County Barry County, MO

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KSGF 082101
TORSGF
MOC009-082145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
400 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...BARRY COUNTY
 
AT 400 PM CDT THE RADAR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD
SHOWS A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES WEST OF SELIGMAN OR 11 SOUTHWEST OF
CASSVILLE. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST
WERE EAGLE ROCK...SHELL KNOB AND VIOLA.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURpNITURE.
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

Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

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.