Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1994, 4:16 PM CDT for Dent County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1994, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1994, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dent County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 062120 SVRSTL MOC065-062200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 416 PM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI ...DENT COUNTY AT 417 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST DENT COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. THE TOWN OF SALEM OF IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF SALEM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 4 PRZYBYLINSKI
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 6, 2:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
MOZALL-062000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 204 PM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI TO NEAR WEST PLAINS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. METZE
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
MOZALL-062000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 204 PM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI TO NEAR WEST PLAINS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. METZE
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
MOZ072-083-084-071-099-062045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 239 PM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TIL 800 PM CDT. AT 230 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM LEBANON MISSOURI TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF FORT LEONARDWOOD. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING FROM POPLAR BLUFF TO 30 MILES NORTH OF POPLAR BLUFF. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE TOWNS OF FORT LEONARDWOOD BETWEEN 240 AND 300 PM AND ROLLA MISSOURI BETWEEN 320 AND 340 PM THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH MANY OF THESE STORMS. LOCAL PONDING OF WATER CAN ALSO BE ANTICIPATED ON MANY SECONDARY ROADS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
MOZ072-083-084-071-099-062045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 239 PM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TIL 800 PM CDT. AT 230 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM LEBANON MISSOURI TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF FORT LEONARDWOOD. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING FROM POPLAR BLUFF TO 30 MILES NORTH OF POPLAR BLUFF. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE TOWNS OF FORT LEONARDWOOD BETWEEN 240 AND 300 PM AND ROLLA MISSOURI BETWEEN 320 AND 340 PM THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH MANY OF THESE STORMS. LOCAL PONDING OF WATER CAN ALSO BE ANTICIPATED ON MANY SECONDARY ROADS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AHN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:48 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
MOZ072-083-062-084-071-073-062145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 348 PM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 800 PM CDT THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT 340 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO EXPAND EASTWARD ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROLLA TO POPLAR BLUFF. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR FORT LEONARD WOOD TO JUST NORTH OF SALEM MISSOURI AND ACROSS PARTS OF TEXAS COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED BETWEEN WEST PLAINS AND POPLAR BLUFF. HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY MANY FTHESE STORMS. PEOPLE DRIVING ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF DENT COUNTY SHOULBE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:52 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
MOZ072-083-062-084-071-073-062145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 348 PM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 800 PM CDT THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT 340 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO EXPAND EASTWARD ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROLLA TO POPLAR BLUFF. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR FORT LEONARD WOOD TO JUST NORTH OF SALEM MISSOURI AND ACROSS PARTS OF TEXAS COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED BETWEEN WEST PLAINS AND POPLAR BLUFF. HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY MANY FTHESE STORMS. PEOPLE DRIVING ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF DENT COUNTY SHOULBE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. PRZYBYLINSKI
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.