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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 22, 1995Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1995, 9:40 AM CDT for Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 1995, 9:40 AM CDT (14:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1995, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 248 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1272 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1272 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 22, 5:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-ILZ095>102-221600-

MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
500 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF
OF MISSOURI FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM
QUINCY TO SPRINGFIELD AND BRANSON.

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PEDIGO
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 9:25 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
MOZ027-034-035-ILZ095-096-097-221515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
925 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995

AT 915 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY THROUGH
THE QUNICY...HANNIBAL AREAS AND WEST TO 20 MILES WEST OF PARIS IN
MONROE COUNTY.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF HANNIBAL...
AND 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUNICY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL.

THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST
AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES OF MT STERLING....
KINGSTON...KINDERHOOK IN ILLINOIS AND NEW LONDON AND MARK TWAIN STATE
PARK BETWEEN 930 AND 945 AM CDT.

PEOPLE OVER THESE AREAS SHOULD KEEP TUNE FOR LATERS STATEMENTS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 9:26 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
MOZ027-034-035-ILZ095-096-097-221515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
925 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995

AT 915 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY THROUGH
THE QUNICY...HANNIBAL AREAS AND WEST TO 20 MILES WEST OF PARIS IN
MONROE COUNTY.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF HANNIBAL...
AND 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUNICY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL.

THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST
AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES OF MT STERLING....
KINGSTON...KINDERHOOK IN ILLINOIS AND NEW LONDON AND MARK TWAIN STATE
PARK BETWEEN 930 AND 945 AM CDT.

PEOPLE OVER THESE AREAS SHOULD KEEP TUNE FOR LATERS STATEMENTS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 9:33 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
MOZ027-034-035-ILZ095-096-097-221515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TIME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
925 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995

AT 915 AM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY THROUGH
THE QUNICY...HANNIBAL AREAS AND WEST TO 20 MILES WEST OF PARIS IN
MONROE COUNTY.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF HANNIBAL...
AND 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUNICY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL.

THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST
AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES OF MT STERLING....
KINGSTON...KINDERHOOK IN ILLINOIS AND NEW LONDON AND MARK TWAIN STATE
PARK BETWEEN 930 AND 945 AM CDT.

PEOPLE OVER THESE AREAS SHOULD KEEP TUNE FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

PRZYBYLINSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 10:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln42 min
Jul 22, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis45 min
Jul 22, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles45 min
Jul 22, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery47 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.