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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Springfield, MO

June 8, 1995Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1995, 4:37 PM CDT for Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Stone County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 315 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°0°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 082138
TORSGF
MOC209-082230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
437 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...STONE COUNTY
 
AT 435 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD INDICATED A
TORNADO 9 MILES EAST OF CASSVILLE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS
STORM WILL MOVE INTO STONE COUNTY BY 450 PM AND AFFECT THE TOWNS OF CAPE
FAIR...CRANE BY 455 PM AND GALENA AND HURLEY BY 505 PM. IF YOU ARE IN
CAPE FAIR OR CRANE...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AS THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED
TORNADOES REPEATEDLY IN BARRY COUNTY.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
MS/JG

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, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Newton46 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, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.