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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 5, 1995Audrain County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT for Audrain County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1995, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
45 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 02:00 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 00:00Z, 2.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1995-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 641 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1995-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
641 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1077 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 060203 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC019-007-060245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
900 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...WESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY
 
AT 900 PM NWS RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE BOONE
AUDRAIN COUNTY LINE JUST NORTHWEST OF STURGEON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
 
THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRALIA AND THOMPSON FROM 910 TO
920 PM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
JPK/JP/RP

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 5, 8:35 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
MOZ041-047>050-060230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
835 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN BOONE AND MONITEAU COUNTIES...

A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG THE BOONE MONITEAU COUNTY
LINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIND GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH ON THE
WEST EDGE OF COLUMBIA...AND PEAS SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN JAMESTOWN
IN MONITEAU COUNTY.

THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE SANDY HOOK AREA BNY 845...THROUGH
COULUMBIA BY BY 855...AND INTO ASHLAND BY 900 OM. JEFFERSON CITY CAN
EXPECT THESE STORMS AROUND 915 PM.

JPK
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:41 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
MOZ041-047>050-060230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
835 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN BOONE AND MONITEAU COUNTIES...

A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG THE BOONE MONITEAU COUNTY
LINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIND GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH ON THE
WEST EDGE OF COLUMBIA...AND PEAS SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN JAMESTOWN
IN MONITEAU COUNTY.

THE STORMSb WILL BE MOVING INTO THE SANDY HOOK AREA BNY 845...THROUGH
COULUMBIA BY BY 855...AND INTO ASHLAND BY 900 OM. JEFFERSON CITY CAN
EXPECT THESE STORMS AROUND 915 PM.

JPK
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:44 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
MOZ027-034-036-026-ILZ095-096-097-049-060230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
844 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

WEATHER SPOTTERS IN THE QUINCY ILLINOIS AREA REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF
30 MPH AROUND 835 PM.

THE LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE NEXT HOUR.
WIND GUSTS OF 3O TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND
HAIL.

JPK
&
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:46 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
MOZ027-034-036-026-ILZ095-096-097-049-060230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
844 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

WEATHER SPOTTERS IN THE QUINCY ILLINOIS AREA REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF
30 MPH AROUND 835 PM.

THE LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE NEXT HOUR.
WIND GUSTS OF 3O TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND
HAIL.

JPK
&
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:56 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
MOZ041-048-060230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
856 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995

...PEAS SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE COLUMBIA AREA...

AT 853 PM...THE COLUMBIA EOC REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL ALONG I-70 IN THE
COLUMBIA AREA. WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH WERE ALSO REPORTED AT THE COLUMBIA
REGIONAL AIRPORT.

THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS EAST BOONE
COUNTY...EXITING THE COUNTY BY 915 PM.

JPK
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:58 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
MOZ041-048-060230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
856 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995

...PEAS SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE COLUMBIA AREA...

AT 853 PM...THE COLUMBIA EOC REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL ALONG I-70 IN THE
COLUMBIA AREA. WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH WERE ALSO REPORTED AT THE COLUMBIA
REGIONAL AIRPORT.

THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS EAST BOONE
COUNTY...EXITING THE COUNTY BY 915 PM.

JPK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone28 min
Jul 6, 12:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade4 hr

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.