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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 9, 1995Crawford County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1995, 11:52 PM CDT for Crawford County, Missouri. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1995, 11:52 PM CDT (04:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1995, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 631 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 1995-06-10The 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
631 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 100454 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC055-100600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1152 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...CRAWFORD COUNTY
 
AT 1150 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
EASTERN PHELPHS COUNTY NEAR ROLLA...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.
 
THE TOWNS OF STEELVILLE...CUBA...BOURBON ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
PEOPLE IN CRAWFORD COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
 
RP

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 9, 6:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
MOZ062-065-063-064-ILZ102-101-100015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
610 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER JEFFERSON COUNTY...

AT 605 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED
THUNDERTORM OVER JEFFERSON COUNTY.  THE STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HILLSBORO AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY TOWNS OF
HOUSE SPRINGS...ARNOLD AND FENTON BY 715 PM.  PEOPLE IN THIS AREA CAN
EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL
FROM THIS STORM.

DLF/DB
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
MOZ062-065-063-064-ILZ102-101-100015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
610 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER JEFFERSON COUNTY...

AT 605 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED
THUNDERTORM OVER JEFFERSON COUNTY.  THE STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HILLSBORO AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY TOWNS OF
HOUSE SPRINGS...ARNOLD AND FENTON BY 715 PM.  PEOPLE IN THIS AREA CAN
EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL
FROM THIS STORM.

DLF/DB
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 10:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
MOZ072-083-084-071-099-073-100530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1026 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE OZARKS...

AT 1020 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI WEST OF LEBANON.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND
40 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE ROLLA AND SALEM AREAS
BETWEEN 11 AND 1130 PM.  THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WIND.  PEOPLE IN PHELPS AND DENT COUNTY SHOULD LISTEN TO
LOCAL RADIO AND T.V. STATIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF SEVERE
WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA.

FERRY
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 10:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
MOZ072-083-084-071-099-073-100530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1026 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE OZARKS...

AT 1020 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI WEST OF LEBANON.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND
40 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE ROLLA AND SALEM AREAS
BETWEEN 11 AND 1130 PM.  THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WIND.  PEOPLE IN PHELPS AND DENT COUNTY SHOULD LISTEN TO
LOCAL RADIO AND T.V. STATIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF SEVERE
WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA.

FERRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXDent, Phelps68 min
Jun 10, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington67 min
Jun 10, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson42 min
Jun 10, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis53 min
Jun 10, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles53 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.