Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1993, 12:29 AM CDT for Marion County, Shelby County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1993, 12:29 AM CDT (05:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1993, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marion County, MO, Shelby County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:28 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 338 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 040533 SVRSTL MOC127-205-040615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1229 AM CDT FRI JUN 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ...WESTERN MARION COUNTY...EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY AT 1230PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF SHELBYVILLE...25 MILES WEST OF HANNIBAL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE PHIADELPHIA AREA BY 1 AM. IF YOUR LIVE IN THIS AREA...BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRIPNG...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 WATER CROSSINGS. DF/EHG
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, 10:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 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, 1 hour 49 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, 1 hour 43 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, 1 hour 43 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, 11:30 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-011-013-014-040530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1130 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 400 AM... AT 1125 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 40 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA JUST NORTH OF MOBERLY...AND ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF SEDALIA NEAR BRUNSWICK...AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING GUSTY WINDS...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF BRUNSWICK AND SALISBURY CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THEIR AREAS BETWEEN 1130 PM AND 1200 AM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED RELAY YOU REPORT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORECEMENT AGENCY SO IT CAN BE PASSED ALONG TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LA GREE
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:30 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-011-013-014-040530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1130 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 400 AM... AT 1125 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 40 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA JUST NORTH OF MOBERLY...AND ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF SEDALIA NEAR BRUNSWICK...AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING GUSTY WINDS...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF BRUNSWICK AND SALISBURY CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THEIR AREAS BETWEEN 1130 PM AND 1200 AM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED RELAY YOU REPORT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORECEMENT AGENCY SO IT CAN BE PASSED ALONG TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LA GREE
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 35 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.