Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1994, 6:50 PM CDT for Adair County, Missouri. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 1994, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adair County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 292 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
- 382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 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 012355 RRA SVRSTL MOC001-020045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 650 PM CDT MON AUG 1 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY AT 649 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF KIRKSVILLE OVER SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF MILLARD AND GIBBS BETWEEN 710 AND 725 PM CD THE STORM WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 63 BETWEEN 715 AND 725 PM CDT. THIS STORM WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. 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. RP/AM
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, Aug 1, 4:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
MOZ063-064-ILZ100-012300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 458 PM CDT MON AUG 1 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTH ST. LOUIS... AT 500 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY JUST EAST OF FLORISSANT. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CROSS OVER NORTHERN ST. LOUIS CITY AND INTO SOUTHWEST MADISON COUNTY ILLINOIS BY 6PM. RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN ST LOUIS COUNTY...NORTHERN ST LOUIS CITY AND GRANITE CITY IN MADISON COUNTY ILLINOIS SHOULD EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. MORSE
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
MOZ063-064-ILZ100-012300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 458 PM CDT MON AUG 1 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTH ST. LOUIS... AT 500 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY JUST EAST OF FLORISSANT. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CROSS OVER NORTHERN ST. LOUIS CITY AND INTO SOUTHWEST MADISON COUNTY ILLINOIS BY 6PM. RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN ST LOUIS COUNTY...NORTHERN ST LOUIS CITY AND GRANITE CITY IN MADISON COUNTY ILLINOIS SHOULD EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. MORSE
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
MOZ065-073-074-012325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 521 PM CDT MON AUG 1 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 520 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY NEAR RICHWOODS...OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS. THE COMMUNITIES OF RICHWOODS...APTUS...AND BLISS SHOULD EXPECXT PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR WITH THESE STORMS BETWEEN 520 AND 6PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MORSE
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
MOZ065-073-074-012325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 521 PM CDT MON AUG 1 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 520 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY NEAR RICHWOODS...OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS. THE COMMUNITIES OF RICHWOODS...APTUS...AND BLISS SHOULD EXPECXT PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR WITH THESE STORMS BETWEEN 520 AND 6PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MORSE
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:16 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
MOZ072-084-074-073-020015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 616 PM CDT MON AUG 1 1994 AT 615 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF POTOSI OR ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF FARMINGTON. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE WIND GUST OF 40 TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF DELBRIDGE AND COURTOIS BETWEEN 625 AND 640 PM CDT THIS MONDAY EVENING. PEOPLE AFFECT BY THESE STORMS ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY MISSOURI. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:22 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
MOZ072-084-074-073-020015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 616 PM CDT MON AUG 1 1994 AT 615 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF POTOSI OR ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF FARMINGTON. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE WIND GUST OF 40 TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF DELBRIDGE AND COURTOIS BETWEEN 625 AND 640 PM CDT THIS MONDAY EVENING. PEOPLE AFFECT BY THESE STORMS ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY MISSOURI. PRZYBYLINSKI R
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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.