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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 7, 1995Montgomery County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 12:17 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 12:17 PM CDT (17:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1995, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 280 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1189 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 071719 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC139-071800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1217 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
AT 1215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR KINGDOM CITY. THIS SEVERE STORM
WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
PERSONS IN WELLSVILLE...MONTGOMERY CITY...HIGH HILL AND BIG SPRING
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS BETWEEN
1230 AND 100 PM CDT.
 
ZTHIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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, Jun 7, 7:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
MOZALL-KSZ102105-ILZ095102-072100-

MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
745 AM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI
TODAY AND TONIGHT...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A HARRISONVILLE...
SEDALIA...HANNIBAL LINE.  THIS MODERATE RISK AREA ALSO INCLUDES THE
KANSAS CITY METRO AREA...ST JOSEPH...AND KIRKSVILLE.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT.   THIS SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES THE ST LOUIS
METRO AREA...COLUMBIA...JEFFERSON CITY...JOPLIN...SPRINGFIELD...ROLLA...
AND CAPE GIRARDEAU.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE STATE
SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR POSSIBLE
SKYWARN ACTION.

TRUETT
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:47 AM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
MOZALL-KSZ102105-ILZ095102-072100-

MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
745 AM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI
TODAY AND TONIGHT...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A HARRISONVILLE...
SEDALIA...HANNIBAL LINE.  THIS MODERATE RISK AREA ALSO INCLUDES THE
KANSAS CITY METRO AREA...ST JOSEPH...AND KIRKSVILLE.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT.   THIS SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES THE ST LOUIS
METRO AREA...COLUMBIA...JEFFERSON CITY...JOPLIN...SPRINGFIELD...ROLLA...
AND CAPE GIRARDEAU.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE STATE
SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR POSSIBLE
SKYWARN ACTION.

TRUETT
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-ILZ095>102-072300-

MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1030 AM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH
HALF OF MISSOURI FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND A SLIGHT RISK
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF.

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF
THE LATEST FORECAST FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-ILZ095>102-072300-

MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1030 AM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH
HALF OF MISSOURI FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND A SLIGHT RISK
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF.

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF
THE LATEST FORECAST FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
MOZ042-041-050-048-047-034-026-071800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1056 AM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI...

AT 1050 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST OF SEDALIA TO JUST WEST OF MOBERLY OR ABOUT
40 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA.   THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

THE STORMS SHOULD BE LOCATED FROM NEAR COLUMBIA THROUGH CENTRALIA TO
NEAR PARIS BY 1130 AM AND IN THE MEXICO AREA BY NOON.

STRONG WIND...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND HAIL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...
...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 2 PM CDT.

DLF/TS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
MOZ042-041-050-048-047-034-026-071800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1056 AM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI...

AT 1050 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST OF SEDALIA TO JUST WEST OF MOBERLY OR ABOUT
40 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA.   THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

THE STORMS SHOULD BE LOCATED FROM NEAR COLUMBIA THROUGH CENTRALIA TO
NEAR PARIS BY 1130 AM AND IN THE MEXICO AREA BY NOON.

STRONG WIND...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND HAIL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFDECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...
...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 2 PM CDT.

DLF/TS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone59 min
Jun 7, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe59 min
Jun 7, 11:28 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXAudrain, Boone47 min
Jun 7, 11:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway42 min
Jun 7, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Warren50 min
Jun 7, 1:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXFranklin52 min
Jun 7, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Washington43 min
Jun 7, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve57 min
Jun 7, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Francois57 min
Jun 7, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Phelps63 min
Jun 7, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXDent39 min
Jun 7, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPerry36 min
Jun 7, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXDent, Reynolds33 min
Jun 7, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds60 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.