Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 6:15 AM CDT for Knox County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1995, 6:15 AM CDT (11:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1995, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Knox County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 203 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 822 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 041119 RRA SVRSTL MOC103-041200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 615 AM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ...KNOX COUNTY AT 615 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM 2 MILES WEST OF GREENSBURG TO 3 MILES WEST OF NOVELTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN GREENSBURG...BARING...EDINA...AND NOVELTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM HAS A H|ISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK INSIDE SHELTER NOW!
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, Jul 4, 2:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
MOZ010-018-009-040830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 240 AM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...ONE ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS LEAVING NORTHEAST MISSOURI WITH ANOTHER ON THE WAY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL CROSS THE MISSOURI IOWA BORDER BETWEEN ATHENS AND REVERE BY 245 AM. HOWEVER MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO KNOX AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR. AT 235 AM...NWS RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM KIRKSVILLE TO LA PLATA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. NORTHWEST KNOX COUNTY...INCLUDING HURDLAND AND BARING CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS BY 300 AM. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SCOTLAND COUNTY AND AFFECT MEMPHIS BY 315 PM. THIS SECOND ROUND OF STORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. PEOPLE SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS AND AVOID ANY FLOODED AREAS. JPK
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:42 AM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
MOZ010-018-009-040830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 240 AM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...ONE ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS LEAVING NORTHEAST MISSOURI WITH ANOTHER ON THE WAY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL CROSS THE MISSOURI IOWA BORDER BETWEEN ATHENS AND REVERE BY 245 AM. HOWEVER MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO KNOX AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR. AT 235 AM...NWS RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM KIRKSVILLE TO LA PLATA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. NORTHWEST KNOX COUNTY...INCLUDING HURDLAND AND BARING CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS BY 300 AM. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SCOTLAND COUNTY AND AFFECT MEMPHIS BY 315 PM. THIS SECOND ROUND OF STORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. PEOPLE SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS AND AVOID ANY FLOODED AREAS. JPK
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
MOZ018-009-040930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 338 AM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE FROM ADAIR ACROSS NORTHEAST KNOX INTO SCOTLAND COUNTY... AT 335 AM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER 5 MILES EAST OF KIRKSVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STORM WILL CUT ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST KNOX COUNTY...THEN INTO SCOTLAND COUNTY HITTING BIBLE GROVE BY 350 AM AND MEMPHIS BY 400 AM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. SOME PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SOME ROADS IS ALSO EXPECTED. JPK
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
MOZ018-009-040930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 338 AM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE FROM ADAIR ACROSS NORTHEAST KNOX INTO SCOTLAND COUNTY... AT 335 AM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER 5 MILES EAST OF KIRKSVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STORM WILL CUT ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST KNOX COUNTY...THEN INTO SCOTLAND COUNTY HITTING BIBLE GROVE BY 350 AM AND MEMPHIS BY 400 AM.: THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. SOME PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SOME ROADS IS ALSO EXPECTED. JPK
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
MOZ010-018-019-027-034-009-026-041045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 447 AM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SCOTLAND AND CLARK COUNTIES... AT 445 AM...NWS RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS SCOTLAND AND CLARK COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONG STORMS HAVE BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE AND HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY OVER THE PAST HOUR. THUS FAR...NO DAMAGE OR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE STORMS. HOWEVER...WITH SCATTERED STORMS STRETCHING SOUTHWEST TO THE KANSAS CITY AREA...MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST MISSOURI BEFORE THE MORNING IS OVER. THUS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO CONTINUES FOR THE AREA UNTIL 900 AM. SOME STORMS MAY YET INTENSIFY THIS MORNING AND BECOME SEVERE. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. JPK
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
MOZ010-018-019-027-034-009-026-041045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 447 AM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SCOTLAND AND CLARK COUNTIES... AT 445 AM...NWS RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS SCOTLAND AND CLARK COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONG STORMS HAVE BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE AND HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY OVER THE PAST HOUR. THUS FAR...NO DAMAGE OR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE STORMS. HOWEVER...WITH SCATTERED STORMS STRETCHING SOUTHWEST TO THE KANSAS CITY AREA...MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST MISSOURI BEFORE THE MORNING IS OVER. THUS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO CONTINUES FOR THE AREA UNTIL 900 AM. SOME STORMS MAY YET INTENSIFY THIS MORNING AND BECOME SEVERE. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ALERT TO WEATHER CONDI*TIONS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. JPK
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Washington | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | City of Saint Louis | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Shelby | 47 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.