Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1995, 10:56 AM CDT for Audrain County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1995, 10:56 AM CDT (15:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1995, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Audrain County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 290 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSTL 101556 RRA SVRSTL MOC007-101645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1056 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...AUDRAIN COUNTY AT 1055 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEXICO MOVING AT 35 MPH. THE TOWNS OF MEXICO AND THOMPSON ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. RP/FG
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, Apr 10, 5:10 AM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
MOZALL-101115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 510 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSOURI HAS EXPIRED AT 500 AM... ...MOST OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 700 AM HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 500 AM...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSOURI HAS EXPIRED AT 500 AM. MOST OF THE STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED NORTHEASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. MOST OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 700 AM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE REMAINING COUNTIES WHERE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM ARE...PLATTE...CLAY...JACKSON...RAY AND CARROLL. THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. RADAR WAS DETECTING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN KANSAS NEAR TOPEKA WHICH MAY MOVE INTO THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND BECOME SEVERE CONTAINING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GKS
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:17 AM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
MOZALL-101115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 510 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSOURI HAS EXPIRED AT 500 AM... ...MOST OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 700 AM HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 500 AM...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSOURI HAS EXPIRED AT 500 AM. MOST OF THE STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED NORTHEASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. MOST OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 700 AM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE REMAINING COUNTIES WHERE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM ARE...PLATTE...CLAY...JACKSON...RAY AND CARROLL. THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. RADAR WAS DETECTING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN KANSAS NEAR TOPEKA WHICH MAY MOVE INTO THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND BECOME SEVERE CONTAINING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. CONTINUE TO LISTEN4 TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GKS
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-ILZ095>102-102230- MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 630 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAINLY OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS AND TRUMAN LAKE AND THE CITIES OF SPRINGFIELD JOPLIN AND WEST PLAINS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE STATE OF MISSOURI. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HANNIBAL...KIRKSVILLE... KANSAS CITY...COLUMBIA...ST. LOUIS...JEFFERSON CITY AND CAPE GIRARDEAU. VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR WAS MOVING NORTH AND COLLIDING WITH A STATIONARY FRONT WHICH EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. . FOR PLANNING PURPOSES...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY SERVICE MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP TUNE FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION. PEDIGO
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:32 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-ILZ095>102-102230- MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 630 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAINLY OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS AND TRUMAN LAKE AND THE CITIES OF SPRINGFIELD JOPLIN AND WEST PLAINS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE STATE OF MISSOURI. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HANNIBAL...KIRKSVILLE... KANSAS CITY...COLUMBIA...ST. LOUIS...JEFFERSON CITY AND CAPE GIRARDEAU. VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR WAS MOVING NORTH AND COLLIDING WITH A STATIONARY FRONT WHICH EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. . FOR PLANNING PURPOSES...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY SERVICE MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP TUNE FOR THE LATEST F ORECASTS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION. PEDIGO
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 9:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
MOZ056-101550- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 945 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS HEADING FOR NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY... AT 940AM A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA NEAR COLE CAMP. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF MORGAN COUNTY BETWEEN 945AM AND 1030AM. FLORENCE AND SYRACUSE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. REAUGH
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 9:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
MOZ056-101550- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 945 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS HEADING FOR NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY... AT 940AM A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA NEAR COLE CAMP. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF MORGAN COUNTY BETWEEN 945AM AND 1030AM. FLORENCE AND SYRACUSE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. REAUGH
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Phelps | 42 min |
| Apr 9, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade | 42 min |
| Apr 9, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clark, Lewis | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Warren | 50 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.