Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1995, 6:05 PM CDT for Gasconade County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 1995, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1995, 6:42 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gasconade County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 265 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 082305 RRA SVRSTL MOC073-090000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 605 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...GASCONADE COUNTY AT 605 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LINN...OR AROUND 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HERMANN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND HAS AN EXTENSIVE HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF MT STERLING...DRAKE...AND OWENSVILLE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW! 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/AS Z
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 8, 6:00 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-090130 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 600 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELED... AT 600 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELED...HOWEVER A TORNADO WATCH STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 9 PM. AT 6 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTOMS WERE STILL PRESENT IN IN PART OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. THESE STORMS HAVE HISTORY TO REACH SEVERE LEVEL...WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WIND...LARGE HAIL. ACQUAVIVA
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 6:02 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-090130 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 600 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELED... AT 600 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELED...HOWEVER A TORNADO WATCH STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 9 PM. AT 6 PM...STRORNG THUNDERSTOMS WERE STILL PRESENT IN IN PART OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. THESE STORMS HAVE HISTORY TO REACH SEVERE LEVEL...WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WIND...LARGE HAIL. ACQUAVIVA
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 6:02 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
MOZ057-058-090005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 602 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS HEADING FOR MARIES AND EASTERN MILLER COUNTIES... AT 6PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED OVER JEFFERSON CITY AND MUCH OF COLE COUNTY. WINDS TO 70 MILES PER HOUR AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT PASSED THROUGH BOONE AND CALLAWAY COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. THE STORM WILL BE ENTERING NORTHEASTERN MILLER COUNTY BY 610PM AND MARIES COUNTY WILL BEGIN TO FEEL THE FULL EFFECTS OF THE STORM BY 620PM. THE COMMUNTIES OF SAINT ELIZABETH...VIENNA...AND THE REST OF MARIES COUNTY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM! ALSO...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. REAUGH
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 6:05 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
MOZ057-058-090005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 602 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS HEADING FOR MARIES AND EASTERN MILLER COUNTIES... AT 6PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED OVER JEFFERSON CITY AND MUCH OF COLE COUNTY. WINDS TO 70 MILES PER HOUR AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT PASSED THROUGH BOONE AND CALLAWAY COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. THE STORM WILL BE ENTERING NORTHEASTERN MILLER COUNTY BY 610PM AND MARIES COUNTY WILL BEGIN TO FEEL THE FULL EFFECTS OF THE STORM BY 620PM. THE COMMUNTIES OF SAINT ELIZABETH...VIENNA...AND THE REST OF MARIES COUNTY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM! ALSO...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THVE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. REAUGH
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole, Osage | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Moniteau | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Dent | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Moniteau | 43 min |
| Jul 8, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Boone | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Callaway | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Osage | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 48 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.