Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1997, 11:04 PM CDT for Camden County, Miller County, Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1997, 11:04 PM CDT (04:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1997, 11:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Camden County, MO, Miller County, MO, Pulaski County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 418 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
099 WUUS1 KSGF 260405 RRA SVRSGF MOC029-131-169-260455- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1104 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CAMDEN COUNTY - CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHERN MILLER COUNTY - CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY - CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 1155 PM CDT * SOME AREAS AFFECTED CROCKER AND SWEDEBORG BY 1120 PM DIXON BY 1130 PM * AT 1103 PM SPRINGFIELD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYNESVILLE OR NEAR WET GLAIZE AND WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 May 25, 2:41 PM CDT, 8 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 2:41 PM CDT, 8 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 240 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 1997 SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORMED ALONG OUTFLOW FROM OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX HAD EXITED THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE MOST PART. WEAK BUBBLE HIGH BEHIND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SUPPRESSING CONVECTION OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SURFACE MOISTURE DIVERGENCE INDICATED AT 18Z OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ATMOSPHERE REMAINS RIPE FOR CONVECTION WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 80 AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE/UPPER 60S. MODIFIED SPRINGFIELD 12Z SOUNDING INDICATED CAPE AROUND 2500 AND LIFTED INDEX OF -5 IF TEMPERATURE REACHES 80 (THIS IS WITHOUT ANY ABOVE-SURFACE MODIFICATIONS). SURFACE ANALYSES PLACED EAST-WEST STATIONARY FRONT FROM LOW NORTH OF DDC TO MKC TO IND. DRYLINE HAD FORMED OVER THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AND SHOULD INITIATE THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY. 18Z ADAP SHOWED LIFTED INDICIES OF -10 OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. ETA AGAIN THE MODEL OF CHOICE TODAY AS NGM STILL TOO FAR NORTH. ALL MODELS SKIMPY ON PRECIPITATION OUTPUT FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO END OVER THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE MOST PART THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE EAST...REACHING SOUTHEAST KANSAS JUST PRIOR TO SUNSET. SQUALL LINE EVOLUTION EXPECTED AFTER SUNSET WITH SYSTEM THEN TRANSFORMING INTO A MCC AFTER MIDNIGHT. MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD BE A REPEAT OF TODAY...HOWEVER... SEVERE THREAT WILL SHIFT INTO OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS FOR THE MOST PART. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BECOME THE MAIN THREAT FOR THE FORECAST AREA. CHANCE POPS NEED TO BE INCLUDED UNTIL THE MAIN SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA LATER THIS WEEK. DUE TO RELATIVELY DRY CONDITIONS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOT REQUIRED TONIGHT. WATCH POTENTIAL HIGHER MONDAY...AND LATER SHIFTS WILL BE ABLE TO NARROW DOWN THE RISK AREA DEPENDING ON PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT. PREFER FWC LOWS...BUT HIGHS MONDAY TOO WARM GIVEN EXPECTED FRONTAL POSITION. WILL BLEND FAN/FWC MONDAY. FIRST PERIOD IDEAS: SGF/JLN: MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING WITH SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. OVERNIGHT: PERIODS OF SHOWERS/ THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOW IN THE MIDDLE 60S. UNO: MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING WITH SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING TOWARD MIDNIGHT. OVERNIGHT: PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOWS IN THE MIDDLE 60S. AIZ: MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING LIKELY BY MIDNIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. LOW IN THE MIDDLE 60S. SGF TT 064/076 060/072 057 08967 JLN TT 066/079 063/075 060 08967 MS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 25, 5:07 PM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-261000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...SPECIAL ISSUANCE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 507 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 1997 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 ...GOOD CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...SOME WILL BE SEVERE... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... THE CENTRAL PLAINS IS VERY RIPE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AS THE COMBINATION OF SEVERAL FACTORS COME TOGETHER ACROSS THE AREA ...GENERALLY FROM 8 PM TO 5 AM ACROSS OUR 34 COUNTIES OF MISSOURI AND 3 COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE 2 MAIN TRIGGERS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE: 1) HIGH SURFACE TEMPERATURE AND SURFACE DEW POINTS 2) STRONG AND VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE INITIAL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL BE LARGE HAIL. CONDITIONS MAY BECOME FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF TORNADOES THIS EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PITTSBURG KANSAS TO GALENA MISSOURI. SHOULD A SQUALL LINE FORM...DAMAGING WINDS WILL RESULT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AROUND 730 PM ...IN THE JOPLIN AREA OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AROUND 830 PM...IN THE SPRINGFIELD AND BRANSON AREAS AFTER 900 PM AND IN THE WEST PLAINS AREA AFTER 1000 PM. OVERNIGHT...THE STORMS WILL BEGIN TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. SOME OF THE HEAVIER STORMS COULD DUMP BETWEEN 1 1/2 INCHES TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. IF THIS FALLS OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY ESPECIALLY OVER LOW WATER BRIDGE CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS. GORDON
Special weather statement, May 25, 5:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-261000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...SPECIAL ISSUANCE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 507 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 1997 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 ...GOOD CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...SOME WILL BE SEVERE... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... THE CENTRAL PLAINS IS VERY RIPE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AS THE COMBINATION OF SEVERAL FACTORS COME TOGETHER ACROSS THE AREA ...GENERALLY FROM 8 PM TO 5 AM ACROSS OUR 34 COUNTIES OF MISSOURI AND 3 COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE 2 MAIN TRIGGERS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE: 1) HIGH SURFACE TEMPERATURE AND SURFACE DEW POINTS 2) STRONG AND VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE INITIAL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL BE LARGE HAIL. CONDITIONS MAY BECOME FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF TORNADOES THIS EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PITTSBURG KANSAS TO GALENA MISSOURI. SHOULD A SQUALL LINE FORM...DAMAGING WINDS WILL RESULT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AROUND 730 PM ...IN THE JOPLIN AREA OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AROUND 830 PM...IN THE SPRINGFIELD AND BRANSON AREAS AFTER 900 PM AND IN THE WEST PLAINS AREA AFTER 1000 PM. OVERNIGHT...THE STORMS WILL BEGIN TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. SOME OF THE HEAVIER STORMS COULD DUMP BETWEEN 1 1/2 INCHES TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. IF THIS FALLS OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY ESPECIALLY OVER LOW WATER BRLIDGE CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS. GORDON
Special weather statement, May 25, 8:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-260720- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 815 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 321 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF EASTERN KANSAS AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2AM EARLY MONDAY MORNING... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2AM EARLY MONDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF EASTERN KANSAS. BOURBON...CRAWFORD...AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS TORNADO WATCH. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH: FORT SCOTT...GIRARD...PITTSBURG... AND COLUMBUS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHWARD INTO OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS BY 1100 PM. A FEW OF THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A PAST HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. BESIDES ISOLATED TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. SCHMIDT
Local storm report, May 25, 9:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI
905 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 PM ELDON MO 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/25/97 MILLER
DSASpecial weather statement, May 25, 9:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
KSZ073-097-MOZ066-067-077>079-089-260750- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 944 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 322 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 2 AM EARLY MONDAY MORNING... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EARLY MONDAY MORNING FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE BENTON...ST CLAIR...CEDAR...VERNON...BARTON...DADE...POLK...DALLAS...AND HICKORY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE STOCKTON...NEVADA...AND OSCEOLA. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN KANSAS WILL BE MOVING IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED TORNADOES AND HAIL AS LARGE AS HEN EGGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. TAGGART
Special weather statement, May 25, 9:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
KSZ073-097-MOZ066-067-077>079-089-260750- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 944 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 322 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 2 AM EARLY MONDAY MORNING... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EARLY MONDAY MORNING FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE BENTON...ST CLAIR...CEDAR...VERNON...BARTON...DADE...POLK...DALLAS...AND HICKORY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE STOCKTON...NEVADA...AND OSCEOLA. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN KANSAS WILL BE MOVING IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED TORNADOES AND HAIL AS LARGE AS HEN EGGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. TAGGART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Hickory, St. Clair | 50 min |
| May 25, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton | 36 min |
| May 25, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 32 min |
| May 26, 12:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 52 min |
| May 26, 12:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 47 min |
| May 26, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Hickory | 51 min |
| May 26, 1:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, St. Clair | 3 hr |
| May 26, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 33 min |
| May 26, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 50 min |
| May 26, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone | 66 min |
| May 26, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 65 min |
| May 26, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark, Taney | 70 min |
| May 26, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 78 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.