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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 25, 1995Audrain County, Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 8:22 PM CDT for Audrain County, Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1995, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 282 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2725 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
2725 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 260126 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC019-027-007-260215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
822 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...EASTERN BOONE COUNTY...CALLAWAY COUNTY
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...AUDRAIN COUNTY
 
AT 822 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM NEAR PARIS IN MONROE COUNTY TO COLUMBIA TO 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH
AND HAS A HISTORY OF 50-55 MPH WINDS.
 
THE TOWNSp OF COLUMBIA...MEXICO...FULTON...HOLTS SUMMIT...AND KINGDOM CITARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OFTEN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
 
FG/TJS

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 25, 2:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
ILZ095-252030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
248 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995

...STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF QUINCY...

AT 245 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE
HANCOCK-ADAMS COUNTY LINE NORTH OF QUINCY ILLINOIS. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR BUT HAS BEEN SHOWING SIGNS OF
PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF IT ACROSS NORTHERN
ADAMS COUNTY.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES OF LIMA...LORAINE...MARCELLINE AND
WOODVILLE YOU CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MILES AN HOUR BY
330 PM. IF OUTDOORS...MOVE INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

SHEA
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 2:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
ILZ095-252030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
248 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995

...STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF QUINCY...

AT 245 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE
HANCOCK-ADAMS COUNTY LINE NORTH OF QUINCY ILLINOIS. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR BUT HAS BEEN SHOWING SIGNS OF
PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF IT ACROSS NORTHERN
ADAMS COUNTY.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES OF LIMA...LORAINE...MARCELLINE AND
WOODVILLE YOU CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MILES AN HOUR BY
330 PM. IF OUTDOORS...MOVE INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

SHEA
Local storm report, Jul 25, 4:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
400 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0200 PM    5SW KAHOKA                MO   TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
7/25/95    CLARK COUNTY                   REPORTED BY CO.SHERIFF.

SHEA
Local storm report, Jul 25, 4:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
400 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0200 PM    5SW KAHOKA                MO   TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
7/25/95    CLARK COUNTY                   REPORTED BY CO.SHERIFF.

SHEA
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 7:55 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
MOZ042-041-047-034-026-260200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
755 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 755 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM AROUND 50 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA IN WESTERN SHELBY
COUNTY TO 20 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA IN EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY.  THIS
LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF COLUMIBIA...CENTRALIA...HALLSVILLE...PARIS...
SHELBINA...AND MADISON SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WITH WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND
SMALL HAIL.

FG/TJS
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 7:59 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
MOZ042-041-047-034-026-260200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
755 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 755 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM AROUND 50 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA IN WESTERN SHELBY
COUNTY TO 20 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA IN EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY.  THIS
LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF COLUMIBIA...CENTRALIA...HALLSVILLE...PARIS...
SHELBINA...AND MADISON SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WITH WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND
SMALL HAIL.

FG/TJS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike, Warren43 min
Jul 25, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford55 min

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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.