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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 27, 1995Camden County, Miller County, Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 1995, 8:43 PM CDT for Camden County, Miller County, Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 1995, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1995, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Camden County, MO, Miller County, MO, Pulaski County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 1995-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1342 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 1995-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
12.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 280144
FFWCOU
MOC029-131-169-280245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
843 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...EASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN MILLER COUNTY
   ...NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY
 
AT 741PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 40 MILES WEST OF ROLLA NEAR MONTREAL.
 
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MONTREAL...IBERIA...AND CROCKER.
 
DUE TO THIS EVENINGS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME
AREA...SOME FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
REAUGH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXDent36 min
May 27, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Washington41 min
May 27, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Warren45 min
May 27, 10:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Phelps, Saint Charles, Warren4 hr
May 27, 10:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCamden, Miller116 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.