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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Springfield, MO

March 5, 1996Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 1996, 9:13 PM CST for Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 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: Mar 5, 1996, 9:13 PM CST (03:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 5, 1996, 10:00 PM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

County Shannon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 5, 9:30 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Winona, MO

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.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 5, 8:43 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 8:43 PM CST, 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 5, 4:44 PM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 5, 5:58 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

MOZ082-097-098-104>106-060600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
557 PM CST TUE MAR 5 1996

...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
          TANEY...OZARK...DOUGLAS...HOWELL...OREGON....SHANNON...
          AND TEXAS

IT INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BRANSON...WEST PLAINS...EMIMENCE...ALTON...
AVA...AND GAINESVILLE.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING...A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES.

ONE BATCH OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORMED NEAR WEST PLAINS HAS MOVED EAST
OUT OF THE AREA.   HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN
WEST CENRAL ARKANSAS BETWEEN FORT SMITH AND LITTLE ROCK MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

RIDDLE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 5, 7:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Ozark	58 min
Mar 5, 7:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell, Ozark	65 min
Mar 5, 7:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell, Shannon	33 min
Mar 5, 8:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	35 min
Mar 5, 8:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	36 min
Mar 5, 8:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell	41 min
Mar 5, 9:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon	32 min
Mar 5, 9:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.