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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 8, 1995Cole County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT for Cole County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Cole County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 223 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1059 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
1059 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 082231 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC051-082315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
530 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...COLE COUNTY
 
AT 530 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM NEAR
CENTRALIA...TO JAMESTOWN TO TIPTON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
PEOPLE IN THE JEFFERSON CITY AREA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW AND PREPARE
FOR WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
IF OUTDOORS...SEEK INSIDE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
 
FG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Cole, Osage42 min
Jul 8, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau61 min
Jul 8, 3:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds51 min
Jul 8, 3:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXDent39 min
Jul 8, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone55 min
Jul 8, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau43 min
Jul 8, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBoone33 min
Jul 8, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCallaway53 min
Jul 8, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXOsage38 min
Jul 8, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade37 min
Jul 8, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.