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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO

May 27, 1995Greene County, Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1995, 8:20 PM CDT for Greene County, Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 1995, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greene County, MO, Webster County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 1995-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1342 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 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
1342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
12.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 280126 COR
TORSGF
MOC077-225-280145-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
820 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

   ...EASTERN GREENE COUNTY...WEBSTER COUNTY

AT 820 PM...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO WAS DEVELOPING WITHIN A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR TURNERS JUNCTION...5 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD. THE
STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH INTO WEST CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTY.
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT SPRINGFIELD.



RESIDENTS IN STRAFFORD AND NORTHVIEW SHOULD 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.

RUNNELS
CORRECTION TO TIME IN TEXT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene53 min
May 27, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper27 min
May 27, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade48 min
May 27, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Webster47 min
May 27, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede43 min
May 27, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFPolk53 min
May 27, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFWebster36 min
May 27, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence, Newton39 min
May 27, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede30 min
May 27, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene28 min
May 27, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Webster47 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.