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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 10, 1995Washington County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 12:38 AM CDT for Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1995, 12:38 AM CDT (05:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1995, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 284 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 100540 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC221-100645-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1238 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 1230 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST
OF STEELVILLE MISSOURI MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH THE ANTHONIES MILL OLD MINES AND POTOSI AREA BETWEEN 1245 AM AND
115 AM THIS MORNING.
 
 
THIS 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 9, 10:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 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, 2 hours 10 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 10, 12:20 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
MOZ083-071-100615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1220 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PHELPS COUNTY MISSOURI HAS EXPIRED.
SEVERAL WEATHER IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED AT THREAT AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER
PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING
THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS
MORNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI INCLUDING PHELPS COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:26 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
MOZ083-071-100615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1220 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PHELPS COUNTY MISSOURI HAS EXPIRED.
SEVERAL WEATHER IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED AT THREAT AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER
PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING
THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS
MORNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI INCLUDIN\G PHELPS COUNTY.

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 9, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford68 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.