Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 23, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 1994, 3:39 AM CDT for Crawford County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1994, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1994, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 251 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 280844 TORSTL MOC055-280930- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 339 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...CRAWFORD COUNTY AT 340 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF STEELEVILLE IN WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY. IT IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF STEELVILLE...WESCOE...KEYSVILLE...COOK STATION ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOW*S. PEDIGO
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 3 hours 43 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 8 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 6 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 2 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, 57 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, 52 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, 4:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Dent | 42 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
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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.