Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1995, 8:33 PM CDT for Phelps County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 1995, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Phelps County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1785 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 100135 RRA SVRSTL MOC161-100215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 833 PM CDT SUN APR 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTY AT 830 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF ROLLA IN NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL ENTERING ST. JAMES AND ROYAL AFTER 835 PM. 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/ST
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, Apr 9, 7:43 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
MOZ058-070-100145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 743 PM CDT SUN APR 9 1995 AT 740PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF ROLLA... OR JUST NORTHEAST OF WAYNESVILLE. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF DIXON...HAYDEN...AND VICHY CAN EXPECT WINDS OF 45 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL AS THIS STORM PASSES THROUGH BEFORE 730PM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. REAUGH
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:44 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
MOZ058-070-100145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 743 PM CDT SUN APR 9 1995 AT 740PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF ROLLA... OR JUST NORTHEAST OF WAYNESVILLE. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF DIXON...HAYDEN...AND VICHY CAN EXPECT WINDS OF 45 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL AS THIS STORM PASSES THROUGH BEFORE 730PM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF @SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. REAUGH
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:46 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
MOZ058-070-100145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 743 PM CDT SUN APR 9 1995 ...CORR FOR TIME... AT 740PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF ROLLA... OR JUST NORTHEAST OF WAYNESVILLE. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF DIXON...HAYDEN...AND VICHY CAN EXPECT WINDS OF 45 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL AS THIS STORM PASSES THROUGH BEFORE 830PM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. REAUGH
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 8:09 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
MOZ055-056-100210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 809 PM CDT SUN APR 9 1995 AT 805PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 35 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA...OR JUST A FEW MILES SOUTH OF WARSAW. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40MPH. WINDS OF 45 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH WARSAW BY 815PM AND WILL BE IN THE STOVER/VERSAILLES AREA BY 845PM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. REAUGH
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade | 42 min |
| Apr 9, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clark, Lewis | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 10:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Warren | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.