Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1993, 11:10 PM CDT for Marion County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1993, 11:10 PM CDT (04:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1993, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 357 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 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 040413 SVRSTL MOC127-040445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1110 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY AT 1110 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONROE CITY...20 MILES WEST OF HANNIBAL. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TOWN OF WOODLAND BY 1135 PM. 3/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED OVER MONROE CITY. MORSE WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATEhR CROSSINGS. &
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, Jun 3, 9:10 PM CDT, 2 hours before
MOZALL-030900- MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 910 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993 THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI. THE AREA COVERED BY THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO ST. LOUIS. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF KANSAS CITY...ST LOUIS...COLUMBIA...SPRINGFIELD...JOPLIN ...SEDALIA...AND CAPE GIRARDEAU. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF THE LATEST FORECAST FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION. MORSE
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 10:38 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-011-013-014-040430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1040 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 400 AM... AT 1000 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTH AND WEST SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 10 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA NEAR PARIS TO ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA NEAR SALISBURY. ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM 45 MILES WEST OF SEDALIA NEAR PITTSVILLE TO ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF SEDALIA NEAR BRUNSWICK. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL IS GREAT. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO IT CAN BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL BWEATHER SERVICE. LA GREE
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 10:40 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-011-013-014-040430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1040 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 400 AM... AT 1040 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTH AND WEST SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 10 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA NEAR PARIS TO ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA NEAR SALISBURY. ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM 45 MILES WEST OF SEDALIA NEAR PITTSVILLE TO ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF SEDALIA NEAR BRUNSWICK. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL IS GREAT. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO IT CAN BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LA GREE WWUS35KICT ,)
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 10:40 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-011-013-014-040430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1040 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 400 AM... AT 1040 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTH AND WEST SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 10 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA NEAR PARIS TO ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA NEAR SALISBURY. ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM 45 MILES WEST OF SEDALIA NEAR PITTSVILLE TO ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF SEDALIA NEAR BRUNSWICK. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL IS GREAT. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO IT CAN BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LA GREE WWUS35KICT ,)
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 10:46 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
MOZ005-006-008>010-013-014-040900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1045 PM CDT THUN JUN 3 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 400 AM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 400 AM. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF KANSAS CITY...COLUMBIA... SEDALIA AND JEFFERSON CITY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM EASTERN KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AT 1030 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EAST THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE NIGHT. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STORMS. ALSO...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. IF YOU LIVE IN WEST CENTRAL OR CENTRAL MISSOURI...BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA STAY INDOORS...OR MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER. FERRY
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 10:46 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
MOZ005-006-008>010-013-014-040900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1045 PM CDT THUN JUN 3 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 400 AM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 400 AM. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF KANSAS CITY...COLUMBIA... SEDALIA AND JEFFERSON CITY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM EASTERN KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AT 1030 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EAST THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE NIGHT. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STORMS. ALSO...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. IF YOU LIVE IN WEST CENTRAL OR CENTRAL MISSOURI...BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA STAY INDOORS...OR MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER. FERRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Shelby | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.