Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1994, 5:16 PM CDT for Ralls County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1994, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1994, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ralls County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 354 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 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 072220 SVRSTL MOC173-072300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 516 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 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 ...SOUTHERN RALLS COUNTY AT 515 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST RALLS COUNTY...3 MILES SOUTH OF PERRY. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWN OF HUTCHINSON BETWEEN 525 AND 535 PM CDT. PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF HUTCHINSON SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 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. PRZYBYLdINSKI
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 7, 4:22 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
MOZ039-040-046-072225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 422 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING EAST OF MARSHALL... AT 420 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF MARSHALL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE: ARROW ROCK...BOONESBORO...NEW FRANKLIN...AND BOONVILLE. 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/UTHLAUT
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:24 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
MOZ039-040-046-072225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 422 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING EAST OF MARSHALL... AT 420 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF MARSHALL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE: ARROW ROCK...BOONESBORO...NEW FRANKLIN...AND BOONVILLE. 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/UTHLAUT
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:36 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
MOZ024-025-032-033-039>042-045>051-055>059-068>070-072240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 436 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO AND DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 435PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA...TO 10 MILES EAST OF MARSHALL...TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA NEAR FAYETTE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHERN AUDRAIN COUNTY 10 MILES NORTH OF MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40MPH. OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE COLUMBIA AREA. 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, Jun 7, 4:38 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
MOZ024-025-032-033-039>042-045>051-055>059-068>070-072240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 436 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO AND DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 435PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA...TO 10 MILES EAST OF MARSHALL...TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA NEAR FAYETTE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHERN AUDRAIN COUNTY 10 MILES NORTH OF MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40MPH. OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE COLUMBIA AREA. 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, Jun 7, 4:58 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
MOZ024-025-032-033-039>042-045>051-055>059-068>070-072300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 458 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 455PM THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA...TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA NEAR FAYETTE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ABUNDANT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE STORMS PASS. THE STORMS SHOULD REACH COLUMBIA...CALIFORNIA...AND VERSAILLES BETWEEN 530 AND 6PM. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM MOVE TO SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS IMMEDIATELY. REAUGH
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:00 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
MOZ024-025-032-033-039>042-045>051-055>059-068>070-072300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 458 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 455PM THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA...TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA NEAR FAYETTE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ABUNDANT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENT2IAL RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE STORMS PASS. THE STORMS SHOULD REACH COLUMBIA...CALIFORNIA...AND VERSAILLES BETWEEN 530 AND 6PM. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM MOVE TO SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS IMMEDIATELY. REAUGH
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.