Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT for Saint Francois County, Missouri. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1994, 6:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saint Francois County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 340 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 262248 SVRSTL MOC187-262315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 545 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN ST FRANCOIS COUNTY AT 545 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR FARMINGTON..IN CENTRAL ST FRANCIS COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN THE FARMINGTON AREA. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION TO FARMINGTON...THE STORM WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITIES OF ROCK SPRINGS AND KNOB LICK. 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. & TRUETT/METZE
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 26, 4:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
MOZ086-087-100-106>115-262230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 415 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL UNTIL 11 PM... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR DUNKLIN AND PEMISCOT COUNTIES IN THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. THIS WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARUTHERSVILLE. AT 415 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. THESE STORMS MAY BUILD WEST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND INTO THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CAREFULLY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. TRUETT
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
MOZ086-087-100-106>115-262230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 415 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL UNTIL 11 PM... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR DUNKLIN AND PEMISCOT COUNTIES IN THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. THIS WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARUTHERSVILLE. AT 415 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. THESE STORMS MAY BUILD WEST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND INTO THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CAREFULLY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...AND STAY TUNED TO LO:CAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. TRUETT
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
MOZ061>065-ILZ100>102-262245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 442 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF ST LOUIS TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST LOUIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 TO 40 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE CHESTERFIELD...OFALLON...BALWIN.. ST LOUIS CITY...AND WEBSTER GROVES IN MISSOURI. THE STORMS SHOULD PUSH INTO THE ILLINOIS COUNTIES OF ST CLAIR...MADISON...AND MONROE BETWEEN 500 AND 530 PM. 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. METZE
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:45 PM CDT, 1 hour before
MOZ061>065-ILZ100>102-262245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 442 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF ST LOUIS TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST LOUIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 TO 40 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE CHESTERFIELD...OFALLON...BALWIN.. ST LOUIS CITY...AND WEBSTER GROVES IN MISSOURI. THE STORMS SHOULD PUSH INTO THE ILLINOIS COUNTIES OF ST CLAIR...MADISON...AND MONROE BETWEEN 500 AND 530 PM. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NhOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. METZE
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:20 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
MOZ061-063-064-074-075-ILZ079-101-102-262320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 520 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SMALL GROUP OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS... NEAR ST CHARLES...TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST LOUIS...NEAR DESOTO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING WITH CLOSE TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH BEING REPORTED IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME FROM THESE STORMS. ALSO...THE WIND MAY GUST UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH SOME SMALL HAIL. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS UNTIL 630 PM ARE ST LOUIS... ...ARNOLD......AND WEBSTER GROVES IN MISSOURI...AND FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS...BELLEVILLE...FREEBURG...AND WATERLOO IN ILLINOIS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY WHEN STORMS APPROACH. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. METZE
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:22 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
MOZ061-063-064-074-075-ILZ079-101-102-262320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 520 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SMALL GROUP OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS... NEAR ST CHARLES...TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST LOUIS...NEAR DESOTO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING WITH CLOSE TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH BEING REPORTED IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME FROM THESE STORMS. ALSO...THE WIND MAY GUST UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH SOME SMALL HAIL. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS UNTIL 630 PM ARE ST LOUIS... ...ARNOLD......AND WEBSTER GROVES IN MISSOURI...AND FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS...BELLEVILLE...FREEBURG...AND WATERLOO IN ILLINOIS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY WHEN STORMS APPROACH. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. METZE
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Shelby | 65 min |
| Jun 25, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Shelby | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Ralls | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Dent | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Phelps | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 4:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Dent | 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.