Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1993, 4:27 PM CDT for Madison County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1993, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1993, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 102129 SVRSTL MOC123-102200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 427 PM CDT MON MAY 10 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ...MADISON COUNTY AT 425 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF FREDERICKTOWN AND CATHERINE. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELLY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD*. GKS &
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, May 10, 1:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
MOZ012-ILZ009-011-013-101945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 141 PM CDT MON MAY 10 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE OVER CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 130 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS...TO 5 MILES WEST OF VANDALIA...TO ABOUT 15 WEST OF SALEM...TO 30 SOUTHWEST OF MT VERNON. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WERE TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF ST. LOUIS...NEAR ROCKBRIDGE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH...ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF GREENE COUNTY. VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF ANY OF THESE STRONG STORMS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IF ANY OF THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA...MOVE TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. GOETSCH
Special weather statement, May 10, 1:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
MOZ012-ILZ009-011-013-101945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 141 PM CDT MON MAY 10 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE OVER CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 130 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS...TO 5 MILES WEST OF VANDALIA...TO ABOUT 15 WEST OF SALEM...TO 30 SOUTHWEST OF MT VERNON. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WERE TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF ST. LOUIS...NEAR ROCKBRIDGE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH...ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF GREENE COUNTY. VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF ANY OF THESE STRONG STORMS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IF ANY OF THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA...MOVE TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. GOETSCH
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
ILZ009-011-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 304 PM CDT MON MAY 10 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 300 PM...RADAR DETECTED A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SPRINGFIELD SOUTH TO CARLYLE AND MOUNT VERNON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES WEST OF MORRISONVILLE IN NORTH MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THEY MAY ALSO CONTAIN STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL. RESIDENTS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. GKS
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
ILZ009-011-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 304 PM CDT MON MAY 10 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 300 PM...RADAR DETECTED A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SPRINGFIELD SOUTH TO CARLYLE AND MOUNT VERNON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES WEST OF MORRISONVILLE IN NORTH MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THEY MAY ALSO CONTAIN STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL. RESIDENTS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. GKS
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
MOZ021-022-023-102215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 319 PM CDT MON MAY 10 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 315 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS MOVING TO THE NORTH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THEREFORE...A SEVERTHUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 600 PM. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. REMEMBER THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INDICATES THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. GKS
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MOZ021-022-023-102215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 319 PM CDT MON MAY 10 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 315 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS MOVING TO THE NORTH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THEREFORE...A SEVERTHUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 600 PM. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. REMEMBER THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INDICATES THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. GKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles | 57 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.