Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1995, 1:46 PM CDT for Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1995, 1:46 PM CDT (18:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1995, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 612 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 281848 RRA SVRSTL MOC221-281945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 146 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 145 PM CDT NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF OLD MINES AND RACOLA 200 AND 230 PM. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OFTEN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PRZYBYLINSKI
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 28, 12:56 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
ILZ079-102-282000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1256 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED JUST SOUTH OF ST LOUIS... A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED ABOUT 1230 PM IN SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF FESTUS AND HAS MOVED TO THE EAST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY. AT 1255 PM THE STORM WAS CENTERED JUST WEST OF MAEYSTOWN...ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF ST LOUIS. IT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH RED BUD ILLINOIS BY AROUND 200 PM THIS AFTERNOO BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF AN INCH OR SO IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS WILL OCCUR IN ITS PATH...ACROSS SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. PEDIGO
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:05 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
ILZ079-102-282000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1256 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED JUST SOUTH OF ST LOUIS... A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED ABOUT 1230 PM IN SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF FESTUS AND HAS MOVED TO THE EAST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY. AT 1255 PM THE STORM WAS CENTERED JUST WEST OF MAEYSTOWN...ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF ST LOUIS. IT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH RED BUD ILLINOIS BY AROUND 200 PM THIS AFTERNOO BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF AN INCH OR SO IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS WILL OCCUR IN ITS PATH...ACROSS SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 40 M|PH. PEDIGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 36 min |
| Jun 28, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Perry | 46 min |
| Jun 28, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Perry | 30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.