Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1996, 10:08 PM CDT for Jasper County, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 67 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
- Apr 21, 1996, 10:08 PM CDT (03:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 1996, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 10:27 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Monett, 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 nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 1598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 220309 SVRSGF MOC097-109-220415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1008 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...EASTERN JASPER COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 1006 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF CARTHAGE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT REEDS...SARCOXIE..AVILLA...AND LA RUSSELL IN EASTER JASPER COUNTY AND STOTTS CITY AND MILLER IN LAWRENCY COUNTY THROUGH 11 PM. OTHER SEVERE THUNDESTORMS CONTINUE IN A LINE FROM NEAR HALLTOWN TO AURORA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST HALF OF LAWRENCE COUNTY THROUGH 1045 PM. THE LAWRENCE COUNTY WARNING HAS BEEN RE-ISSUED. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WINDS GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHAVNGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. DTR/JDG &
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 Apr 21, 2:46 PM CDT, 7 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 2:46 PM CDT, 7 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 230 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996 1ST PD FCST PROBLEMS...CHC HVY PCPN/SVR WX. WL MKE QUICK AFD...CWA UNDER TORNADO WATCH DPS QUICKLY SHOT UP INTO THE MID 50S OVR FA WITH TMPS IN MID/UPPER 70S. GETTING TCU OVR SGF ATTM SO CAP HAS BROKE. 8MA SHOWG 40 KTS LLJ IN WRN OK. SCT RW/TRWS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOPE OVR NRN ZONES. MODELS SHOWING BROAD TROF MOVG E THRU FCST PD...WITH RIDGE BUILDG OVR WRN US. SGF CU 055/065 040/068 073 07+52 JLN CU 056/066 042/070 075 07+52 SS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 4:08 PM CDT, 6 hours before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-220110- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 405 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996 THE FOLLOWING OUTLOOK CONTAINS INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS BOURBON CHEROKEE CRAWFORD IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI BARRY DALLAS LACLEDE OREGON STONE BARTON DENT LAWRENCE OZARK TANEY BENTON DOUGLAS MARIES PHELPS TEXAS CAMDEN GREENE MCDONALD POLK VERNON CEDAR HICKORY MILLER PULASKI WEBSTER CHRISTIAN HOWELL MORGAN SHANNON WRIGHT DADE JASPER NEWTON ST CLAIR ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS...SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 900 PM CDT... A LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO MISSOURI TONIGHT. THE CIRCULATION AROUND THIS SYSTEM WAS BRINGING WARM AND MOIST AIR INTO THE OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. IN ADDITION...THE WINDS IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WERE INCREASING. THUS... THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EXISTS THIS EVENING OVER THE OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...AND THE WIND PROFILE SUGGESTS THAT TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS...SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH 900 PM CDT. THE WATCH AREA EXTENDED TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM ROLLA TO HOUSTON AND GAINESVILLE. THE CITIES OF SPRINGFIELD...BRANSON...JOPLIN...LEBANON...BOLIVAR...CAMDENTON...MONETT ...CASSVILLE AND NEVADA ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH 600 PM...WITH THE ACTIVITY THEN SPREADING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST AND INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI AFTER 600 PM CDT. THE WEST PLAINS AREA OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI IS NOT EXPECTED TO SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL AFTER 800 PM CDT. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ACTIVATION. MS
Local storm report, Apr 21, 4:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI
450 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0440 PM GIRARD KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96 CRAWFORD GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND
60-65 MPH WINDS FROM
SHERIFF`S DEPARTMENT^Special weather statement, Apr 21, 9:27 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-220830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 926 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996 ...A NEW TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 2 AM... ...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 3 AM... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SOUTH OF A ROLLA TO WAYNESVILLE TO STOCKTON LINE AND WEST OF A SALEM TO GAINESVILLE LINE UNTIL 2 AM. THE WATCH INDLUDES THE CITIES OF SPRINGFIELD...JOPLIN...LEBANON...AND BRANSON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI ALONG AND NORTH OF A NEVADA TO ROLLA TO SALEM LINE UNTIL 3 AM. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CAMDENTON...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...NEVADA...WARSAW....AND VERSAILLES. RIDDLE
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 9:39 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-220830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO VALID TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 926 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996 ...A NEW TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 3 AM... ...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 3 AM... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SOUTH OF A ROLLA TO WAYNESVILLE TO STOCKTON LINE AND WEST OF A SALEM TO GAINESVILLE LINE UNTIL 3 AM. THE WATCH INDLUDES THE CITIES OF SPRINGFIELD...JOPLIN...LEBANON...AND BRANSON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI ALONG AND NORTH OF A NEVADA TO ROLLA TO SALEM LINE UNTIL 3 AM. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CAMDENTON...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...NEVADA...WARSAW....AND VERSAILLES. RIDDLE /CORRECTION TORNADO WATCH VALID UNTIL 3 AM/
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Polk | 66 min |
| Apr 21, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 66 min |
| Apr 21, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Lawrence | 44 min |
| Apr 21, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Vernon | 68 min |
| Apr 21, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Polk | 51 min |
| Apr 21, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 57 min |
| Apr 21, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 65 min |
| Apr 21, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 57 min |
| Apr 21, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Newton | 66 min |
| Apr 21, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 59 min |
| Apr 21, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Polk | 63 min |
| Apr 21, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 65 min |
| Apr 21, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 59 min |
| Apr 21, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 47 min |
| Apr 21, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 47 min |
| Apr 21, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 30 min |
| Apr 21, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Webster | 54 min |
| Apr 21, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Lawrence, Stone | 45 min |
| Apr 21, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 40 min |
| Apr 21, 11:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Maries | 4 hr |
| Apr 21, 11:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Webster, Wright | 47 min |
| Apr 21, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 12:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Texas | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 12:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 2:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 3:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 5:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 4 hr |
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.