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Tornado Warning 22, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 26, 1994Dent County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1994, 4:35 AM CDT for Dent County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1994, 4:35 AM CDT (09:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1994, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
40 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, 9.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1994-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1433 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1994-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1433 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2318 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 260938
TORSTL
MOC065-261015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
435 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...DENT COUNTY
 
AT 430 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO IN NORTHERN DENT COUNTY ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF SALEM
MISSOURI...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROLLA IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI.
 
COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE SALEM AND
HOWES.
 
THE STORM PRODUCING THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH.  TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIORV ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
PEDIGO
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Shelby65 min
Jun 25, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXShelby45 min
Jun 25, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion36 min
Jun 25, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMonroe38 min
Jun 25, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRalls43 min
Jun 26, 2:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXDent27 min
Jun 26, 3:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Phelps62 min
Jun 26, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Francois26 min

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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.