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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

July 25, 1995Barton County, Dade County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 1995, 9:05 PM CDT for Barton County, Dade County, Missouri. It was in force for 55 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: Jul 25, 1995, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Barton County, MO, Dade County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 25, 9:11 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Golden City, MO	A weak tornado briefly touched down causing no damage.

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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 68 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2725 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 260206
TORSGF
MOC011-057-260300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
905 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...EASTERN BARTON COUNTY...DADE COUNTY
 
AT 904 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD WAS INDICATING A
TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF GOLDEN CITY MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 30 MPH. STORMS IN THE PATH INCLUDE GOLDEN CITY AND LOCKWOOD. 60
TO 70 MPH WINDS WILL AFFECT THE REMAINDER OF DADE COUNTY.
 
 
 
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.
 
 
LINDENBERG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	62 min
Jul 25, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	59 min
Jul 25, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	62 min
Jul 25, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar	58 min
Jul 25, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald	63 min
Jul 25, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Polk	58 min
Jul 25, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone	54 min
Jul 25, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Webster	63 min
Jul 25, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Taney	49 min
Jul 26, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	47 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.