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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Springfield, MO

June 8, 1995Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1995, 5:20 PM CDT for Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Taney County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 5:28 PM CDTTornado F0Forsyth, MOA severe storm produced a tornado at Forsyth and later downed trees to the southeast of Bradleyville.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 345 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2724 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 082221
TORSGF
MOC213-082300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
520 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...TANEY COUNTY
 
AT 518 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD INDICATED A
POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST EAST OF BRANSON. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT HOLLISTER
AND FORSYTH UNTIL 535 PM AND THEN MOVE INTO TANEYVILLE AND BRADLEYVILLE
BY 545 AND BROWNBRANCH BY 555 PM. IF YOU ARE IN FORSYTH OR ON LAKE
TANEYCOMO...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!
 
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, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFStone53 min
Jun 8, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney41 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.