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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 8, 1995Moniteau County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 4:50 AM CDT for Moniteau County, Missouri. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 4:50 AM CDT (09:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Moniteau County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 268 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3417 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
3417 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1305 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 080952 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC135-081045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
450 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...MONITEAU COUNTY
 
AT 450 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF CALIFORNIA.
 
THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING
THE TOWNS OF TIPTON AND CALIFORNIA BETWEEN 5 AND 530 AM THIS MORNING.
 
THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE THROUGHOUT MUCH OF WESTERN
MISSOURI OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS.  SEEK INSIDE SHELTER NOW!
 
TRUETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 5:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone48 min
Jun 8, 5:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway47 min
Jun 8, 5:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe44 min
Jun 8, 5:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Montgomery51 min
Jun 8, 6:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike, Ralls68 min
Jun 8, 6:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWarren68 min
Jun 8, 6:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles61 min
Jun 8, 6:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis61 min
Jun 8, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPhelps68 min
Jun 8, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade36 min
Jun 8, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford61 min
Jun 8, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington65 min
Jun 8, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Francois43 min
Jun 8, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.