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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS St. Louis, MO

November 27, 1994Boone County, Moniteau County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 27, 1994, 5:42 AM CST for Boone County, Moniteau County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 27, 1994, 5:42 AM CST (11:42 UTC)
Expired
Nov 27, 1994, 6:15 AM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boone County, MO, Moniteau County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 244 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1994-11-27Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1994-11-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 365 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
388 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 271157 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC019-135-271215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
542 AM CST SUN NOV 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY...NORTHERN MONITEAU COUNTY
 
AT 5:55 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CALIFORNIA MO...OR
25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF KLIEVER...SANDY HOOK...AND ASHLAND ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
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.
 
 
WDB

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 27, 4:03 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-ILZ095>102-271150-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
347 AM CST SUN NOV 27 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED  FOR MUCH OF WEST
   CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 10 AM...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING.
A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS TODAY.  THIS SYSTEM MAY TRIGGER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR
YOUR PROT.ECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

SILVERMAN
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 4:41 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
MOZ055>058-068>070-271245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI
441 AM CST SUN NOV 27 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN
ONE-FOURTH OF MISSOURI UNTIL 10AM CST...

AT 440AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ADVANCING ACROSS SOUTH PARTS OF
CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE IN A 20 MILE
WIDE AREA FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY...OR JUST WEST OF
OSAGE BEACH...TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEDALIA NEAR OSCEOLA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35MPH.

VERY STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS...POMME DE TERRE
LAKE...AND TRUMAN RESERVOIR REGIONS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER FROM THESE
STORMS.

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.

REAUGH
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 4:44 AM CST, 58 minutes before
MOZ055>058-068>070-271245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI
441 AM CST SUN NOV 27 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN
ONE-FOURTH OF MISSOURI UNTIL 10AM CST...

AT 440AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ADVANCING ACROSS SOUTH PARTS OF
CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE IN A 20 MILE
WIDE AREA FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY...OR JUST WEST OF
OSAGE BEACH...TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEDALIA NEAR OSCEOLA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35MPH.

VERY STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS...POMME DE TERRE
LAKE...AND TRUMAN RESERVOIR REGIONS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER FROM THESE
STORMS.

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.

REAUGH
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 5:07 AM CST, 35 minutes before
MOZ055>058-068>070-271210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI
507 AM CST SUN NOV 27 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN
QUARTER OF MISSOURI UNTIL 10AM...

AT 505AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD OVER THE WESTERN
HALF OF MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI WERE IN A 10
MILE WIDE AREA FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA NEAR STOVER...TO 40
MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA NEAR CLIMAX SPRINGS IN WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35MPH. RESIDENTS IN
MORGAN...CAMDEN...AND MILLER COUNTIES CAN EXPECT VERY STRONG
WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL BEFORE 6AM.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.  STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

REAUGH
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 5:10 AM CST, 32 minutes before
MOZ055>058-068>070-271210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI
507 AM CST SUN NOV 27 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN
QUARTER OF MISSOURI UNTIL 10AM...

AT 505AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD OVER THE WESTERN
HALF OF MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI WERE IN A 10
MILE WIDE AREA FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA NEAR STOVER...TO 40
MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA NEAR CLIMAX SPRINGS IN WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35MPH. RESIDENTS IN
MORGAN...CAMDEN...AND MILLER COUNTIES CAN EXPECT VERY STRONG
WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL BEFORE 6AM.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOOR"S...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.  STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

REAUGH
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 5:41 AM CST, 1 minute before
MOZ058-271245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI
541 AM CST SUN NOV 27 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN
QUARTER OF MISSOURI UNTIL 10 AM...

AT 540 AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER A LARGE PORTION OF
CENTRAL MISSOURI. SOME OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING
WESTERN PORTIONS OF MARIES COUNTY INCLUDING THE BRINKTON VICINITY...OR
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VIENNA.  THESE STORMS SHOULD BE IN THE BRINKTON
AREA BY 6AM AND APPROACHING VIENNA BY 615AM.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  RESIDENTS OF
MARIES COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE WESTERN ONE-HALF CAN EXPECT BRIEF
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...AND
POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

SEARCY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 11:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis46 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.