Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1995, 8:37 PM CDT for Polk County, Missouri. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1995, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Polk County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 280139 TORSGF MOC167-280230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 837 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...POLK COUNTY AT 837 PM...RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALNUT GROVE NEAR EUDORA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. RESIDENTS IN ALDRICH... FAIR PLAY...AND BOLIVAR SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! 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. RIDDLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 53 min |
| May 27, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 27 min |
| May 27, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 48 min |
| May 27, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Webster | 47 min |
| May 27, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Greene, Webster | 25 min |
| May 27, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 43 min |
| May 27, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Webster | 36 min |
| May 27, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 39 min |
| May 27, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 30 min |
| May 27, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 28 min |
| May 27, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Webster | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.