Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1994, 6:25 PM CDT for Clark County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1994, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1994, 7:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 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, 11.4 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 242329 SVRSTL MOC045-103-111-250030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 625 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY...KNOX COUNTY...LEWIS COUNTY AT 626 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF EDINA IN KNOX COUNTY TO FAIRMONT IN CLARK COUNTY TO NEAR GREGORY LANDING IN CLARK COUNTY. STORM MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO KNOX CITY AND MONTICELLO BY 645 PM. 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 WATER CROSSINGS. VA/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, May 24, 5:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 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, 1 hour 8 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, 1 hour 4 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
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:46 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
MOZ010-009-242345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 546 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CLARK COUNTY MISSOURI CONTINUES UNTIL 6 PM... AT 545 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EASTERN CLARK COUNTY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA. THE STORM CONTINUED MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WHILE THIS STORM HAS BEEN WEAKENING IN INTENSITY...OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER SCOTLAND COUNTY...JUST SOUTH OF MEMPHIS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND MAY BRING AN ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TO EXTREME NORTHETAST MISSOURI DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AT A MOMENTS NOTICE...AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. TRUETT
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:48 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
MOZ010-009-242345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 546 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CLARK COUNTY MISSOURI CONTINUES UNTIL 6 PM... AT 545 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EASTERN CLARK COUNTY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA. THE STORM CONTINUED MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WHILE THIS STORM HAS BEEN WEAKENING IN INTENSITY...OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER SCOTLAND COUNTY...JUST SOUTH OF MEMPHIS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND MAY BRING AN ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TO EXTREME NORTHETAST MJISSOURI DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AT A MOMENTS NOTICE...AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. TRUETT
Special weather statement, May 24, 6:10 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
MOZ008-009-010-018-019-026-027-034-035-026-ILZ095-096-097-250005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 610 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 610 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...SCATTERED FROM KIRKSVILLE THROUGH EDINA IN KNOX COUNTY TO ALEXANDRIA IN CLARK COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT 605 PM...PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED IN KIRKSVILLE. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 11OO PM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clark | 37 min |
| May 24, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis | 65 min |
Nearby
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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.