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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 28, 1995Perry County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1995, 4:29 PM CDT for Perry County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1995, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Perry County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 292 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 1995-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 160 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 282131 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC157-282215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
429 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
 
   ...WESTERN PERRY COUNTY
 
AT 429 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE STE
GENEVIEVE AND PERRY COUNTY LINE...AROUND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PERRYVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
 
PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF PERRYVILLE AND UNIONTOWN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.  BE PREPARED FOR HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY WINDS.
 
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OFTEN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
GLASS

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, 3 hours 33 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, 3 hours 24 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
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
MOZ065-076-074-073-ILZ079-282000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
202 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND
SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...

AT 200 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SMALL AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY MISSOURI THROUGH SOUTHERN
RANDLOPH COUNTY ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN
WASHINGTON COUNTY AND OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY MISSOURI.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF OLD MINES...AND CANNON MINES IN
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND DESOTO IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
BETWEEN 205 AND 230 PM.

MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...SMALL
HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

RP
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
MOZ065-076-074-073-ILZ079-282000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
202 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND
SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...

AT 200 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SMALL AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY MISSOURI THROUGH SOUTHERN
RANDLOPH COUNTY ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN
WASHINGTON COUNTY AND OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY MISSOURI.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF OLD MINES...AND CANNON MINES IN
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND DESOTO IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
BETWEEN 205 AND 230 PM.

MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL PRO*DUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...SMALL
HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

RP
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
MOZ065-075-ILZ080-079-282030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
249 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS A SMALL PART OF EAST
CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...

AT 245 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SMALL CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY MISSOURI...
ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF ST. LOUIS THROUGH NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY ILLINO
OR 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. LOUIS.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST ST GENEVIEVE
COUNTY WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE TOWNS OF MODOC AND ELLIS GROVE
IN RANDOLPH COUNTY ILLINIOS BETWEEN 305 AND 330 PM CDT.

GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

RP
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
MOZ065-075-ILZ080-079-282030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
249 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS A SMALL PART OF EAST
CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...

AT 245 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SMALL CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY MISSOURI...
ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF ST. LOUIS THROUGH NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY ILLINO
OR 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. LOUIS.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST ST GENEVIEVE
COUNTY WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE TOWNS OF MODOC AND ELLIS GROVE
IN RANDOLPH COUNTY ILLINIOS BETWEEN 305 AND 330 PM CDT.

GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

RP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington59 min
Jun 28, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve36 min
Jun 28, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPerry30 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.