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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS St. Louis, MO

October 1, 1993Iron County, Madison County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 1, 1993, 6:27 PM CDT for Iron County, Madison County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 1, 1993, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Oct 1, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 1, 3:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
MOZ066>115-012300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
355 PM CDT FRI OCT 1 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI
   UNTIL 10 PM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF
MISSOURI UNTIL 10 PM.  A FEW CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE
BRANSON...WEST PLAINS...POPLAR BLUFF...AND CAPE GIRARDEAU.

AT 355 PM...ONLY A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHERN
MISSOURI.  HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA.

PEOPLE THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN MISSOURI SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...AND LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...FOR LATER STATEMENTS...AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TRUETT
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 3:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
MOZ066>115-012300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
355 PM CDT FRI OCT 1 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI
   UNTIL 10 PM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF
MISSOURI UNTIL 10 PM.  A FEW CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE
BRANSON...WEST PLAINS...POPLAR BLUFF...AND CAPE GIRARDEAU.

AT 355 PM...ONLY A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHERN
MISSOURI.  HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA.

PEOPLE THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN MISSOURI SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...AND LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...FOR LATER STATEMENTS...AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TRUETT
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 4:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
MOZ084-085-076-075-074-073-ILZ079-012215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
418 PM CDT FRI OCT 1 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN
MISSOURI UNTIL 1000 PM...

AT 415 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND GUSTY WIND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARMINGTON...OR ALONG THE ST
FRANCOIS AND WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25
MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING NEAR BONNE TERRE...LEADWOOD AND DESLOGE
BETWEEN 425 AND 500 PM.

OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SO
RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER.  WHEN STORMS
MOVE INTO YOUR AREA...MOVE TO A PLTER OR STAY INSIDE.  LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE STORMS.  THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL END LATER THIS
EVENING AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH.  LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER DETAILS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SHEA
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 4:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
MOZ084-085-076-075-074-073-ILZ079-012215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
418 PM CDT FRI OCT 1 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN
MISSOURI UNTIL 1000 PM...

AT 415 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND GUSTY WIND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARMINGTON...OR ALONG THE ST
FRANCOIS AND WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25
MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING NEAR BONNE TERRE...LEADWOOD AND DESLOGE
BETWEEN 425 AND 500 PM.

OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SO
RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER.  WHEN STORMS
MOVE INTO YOUR AREA...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER OR STAY INSIDE.  LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE STORMS.  THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL END LATE6R THIS
EVENING AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH.  LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER DETAILS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SHEA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 1, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois59 min
Oct 1, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds51 min
Oct 1, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Madison, Saint Francois40 min
Oct 1, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Reynolds68 min
Oct 1, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPerry46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.