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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO

April 18, 1995McDonald County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 18, 1995, 12:21 AM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 1995, 12:21 AM CDT (05:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 1995, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County McDonald County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 57 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 164 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 425 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
750 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
425 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
569 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 180540 COR
TORSGF
MOC119-180615-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTIONB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene27 min
Apr 17, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster35 min
Apr 17, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton50 min
Apr 17, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon50 min
Apr 17, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald35 min
Apr 18, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper34 min
Apr 18, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone35 min
Apr 18, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Taney47 min
Apr 18, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark26 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.