Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1994, 4:18 AM CDT for Dent County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1994, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1994, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dent County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 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
- 4444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 280924 SVRSTL MOC065-281000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 418 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI ...EASTERN DENT COUNTY AT 420 AM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERST0RM OVER SOUTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ROLLA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT SHOULD AFFECT THE TOWNS HOWLES MILL AND SLIGO BETWEEN 425 AND 440 AM THIS TUESDAY MORNING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER bFROM 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. RP/DF
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 27, 11:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
MOZ008>010-017>019-025>027-033>036-041-042-048>052-059>065-ILZ098>102- 280555- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1155 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WERE WEAKENING... SINCE 11 PM...THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAD WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY. AT 1155 PM...THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF QUINCY TO JUST NORTH OF SHELBYVILLE. THE STORMS CONTINUED MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS TIME...ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...AND INFREQUENT LIGHTNING...IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. TRUETT
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
MOZ041-045>051-055>059-068>070-280735-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI
131 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 1994
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED BETWEEN JEFFERSON CITY AND
COLUMBIA...
AT 125 AM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
JEFFERSON CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR
HARTSBURG BETWEEN 135 AND 145 AM AND PASS NEAR NEW BLOOMFIELD AND
JEFFERSON CITY BETWEEN 145 AND 200 AM.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM AVOID DRIVING SINCE THE
ROAD CAN BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT IN HEAVY RAIN. STAY
INSIDE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
KENNEDYSpecial weather statement, Jun 28, 1:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
MOZ045>051-055>059-068>070-280735- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 131 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED BETWEEN JEFFERSON CITY AND COLUMBIA... AT 125 AM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR HARTSBURG BETWEEN 135 AND 145 AM AND PASS NEAR NEW BLOOMFIELD AND JEFFERSON CITY BETWEEN 145 AND 200 AM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM AVOID DRIVING SINCE THE ROAD CAN BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TO SEE BAT NIGHT IN HEAVY RAIN. STAY INSIDE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. KENNEDY
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
MOZ041-045>051-055>059-068>070-280735-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI
131 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 1994
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED BETWEEN JEFFERSON CITY AND
COLUMBIA...
AT 125 AM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
JEFFERSON CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR
HARTSBURG BETWEEN 135 AND 145 AM AND PASS NEAR NEW BLOOMFIELD AND
JEFFERSON CITY BETWEEN 145 AND 200 AM.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM AVOID DRIVING SINCE THE
ROAD CAN BE ESPECIADLLY DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT IN HEAVY RAIN. STAY
INSIDE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
KENNEDYSpecial weather statement, Jun 28, 2:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
MOZ060>065-280845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 242 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 1994 AT 235 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAS DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST HOUR AND EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF WARRENTON...50 MILES WEST OF ST LOUIS...TO JUST SOUTH OF JEFFERSON CITY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY AND JEFFERSON COUNTY BETWEEN NOW AND 430 AM. SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED. 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED IN JEFFERSON CITY AS THE STORMS PASSED THROUGH THAT AREA. RESIDENTS OF FRANKLIN AND JEFFERSON COUNTY CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE AREA. PEDIGO
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
MOZ060>065-280845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 242 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 1994 AT 235 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAS DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST HOUR AND EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF WARRENTON...50 MILES WEST OF ST LOUIS...TO JUST SOUTH OF JEFFERSON CITY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY AND JEFFERSON COUNTY BETWEEN NOW AND 430 AM. SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED. 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED IN JEFFERSON CITY AS THE STORMS PASSED THROUGH THAT AREA. RESIDENTS OF FRANKLIN AND JEFFERSON COUNTY CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE AREA. PEDIGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 66 min |
| Jun 28, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Phelps | 59 min |
| Jun 28, 3:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford | 51 min |
| Jun 28, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 5:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 47 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.