Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1994, 5:23 PM CDT for Clark County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1994, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1994, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 369 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
- 545 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1285 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 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 242226 SVRSTL MOC045-242300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 523 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ...EASTERN CLARK COUNTY AT 525 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN CLARK COUNTY...JUST WEST OF ALEXANDRIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA AND ST PATRICK. LARGE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THE 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. 4
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 24, 2:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
MOZ041-242025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 224 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS IN NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY... AT 222 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN 15 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA...OR JUST NORTHEAST OF HARRISBURG. WINDS TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HALLSVILLE AND MURRY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THE THUNDERSTORM MAY ALSO CLIP THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA. 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. REAUGH
Special weather statement, May 24, 4:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
MOZ024-025-032-033-039>042-050-051-242220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 415 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTH SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 410 PM A COUPLE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING. ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS 40 MILES NORTH OF SDEDALIA NEAR SLATER WHILE THE SECOND WAS 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE NEAR BUCKLIN AND LACLEDE. PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH ONE THUNDERSTORM AT BROOKFIELD AT 410 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF NEW CAMBRIA BRUNSW|ICK AND SALISBURY BETWEEN 420 PM AND 500 PM. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. LA GREE
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:06 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
MOZALL-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 502 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...UNTIL 11 PM... SINCE 4 PM...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF KIRKSVILLE...HANNIBAL...AND QUINCY ILLLINOIS...SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF DANGEROUS WEATHER THREATENS...OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. TRUETT
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:17 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
MOZ017-010-018-019-027-034-035-008-009-026-ILZ095-096-097-242315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 517 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 515 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...SCATTERED FROM NEAR KEOKUK IOWA TO THE CITIES OF MACON AND MOBERLY IN MISSOURI. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SINCE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE STORMS TO STRENGTHEN...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY DEVELOP IN THE STRONGER STORMS. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 11 PM. TRUETT
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:21 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
MOZ017-010-018-019-027-034-035-008-009-026-ILZ095-096-097-242315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 517 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 515 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...SCATTERED FROM NEAR KEOKUK IOWA TO THE CITIES OF MACON AND MOBERLY IN MISSOURI. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SINCE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE STORMS TO STRENGTHEN...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY DEVELOP IN THE STRONGER STORMS. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTI"L 11 PM. TRUETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis | 65 min |
| May 24, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clark | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.