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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS St. Louis, MO

November 5, 1994Saint Louis County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 1994, 3:19 PM CST for Saint Louis County, Missouri. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 5, 1994, 3:19 PM CST (21:19 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 1994, 3:45 PM CST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Saint Louis County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 232 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1994-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1994-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Nov 5, 2:18 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Nov 5, 2:20 PM CST, 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 5, 2:54 PM CST, 25 minutes before
ILZ058-099-052200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
254 PM CST SAT NOV 5 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH GREENE AND JERSEY COUNTIES
IN ILLINOIS...

AT 250 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ILLINOIS COUNTIES OF GREENE AND JERSERY THE
STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM CARROLLTON IN GREENE COUNTY TO GRAFTON IN
SOUTHERN JERSEY COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH JERSEYVILLE AND WRIGHTS AREAS
BY 315 PM.  THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND
WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH.

DLF/RP
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 2:56 PM CST, 23 minutes before
ILZ058-099-052200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
254 PM CST SAT NOV 5 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH GREENE AND JERSEY COUNTIES
IN ILLINOIS...

AT 250 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ILLINOIS COUNTIES OF GREENE AND JERSERY THE
STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM CARROLLTON IN GREENE COUNTY TO GRAFTON IN
SOUTHERN JERSEY COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVINGR NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH JERSEYVILLE AND WRIGHTS AREAS
BY 315 PM.  THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND
WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH.

DLF/RP
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 3:09 PM CST, 10 minutes before
MOZ061-063-064-052215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
309 PM CST SAT NOV 5 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS WERE MOVING
THROUGH ST CHARLES AND WESTERN ST LOUIS COUNTIES...

AT 305 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN ST CHARLES
SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHER ST LOUIS COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.

THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS FROM THE ARNOLD AREA OF WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH
WITH THESE STORMS.   THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH ST CHARLES AND ST
LOUIS COUNTIES THROUGH 4 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI UNTIL 7 PM.  PEOPLE SHOULD MONITOR THE LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS
CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS.

DLF/RP
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 3:12 PM CST, 7 minutes before
MOZ061-063-064-052215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
309 PM CST SAT NOV 5 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS WERE MOVING
THROUGH ST CHARLES AND WESTERN ST LOUIS COUNTIES...

AT 305 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN ST CHARLES
SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHER ST LOUIS COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.

THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS FROM THE ARNOLD AREA OF WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH
WITH THESE STORMS.   THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH ST CHARLES AND ST
LOUIS COUNTIES THROUGH 4 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI UNTIL 7 PM.  PEOPLE SHOULD MONITOR THE LOCAxL WEATHER CONDITIONS
CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS.

DLF/RP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 1:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington28 min
Nov 5, 3:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJersey38 min
Nov 5, 3:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Madison29 min
Nov 5, 4:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin31 min

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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.