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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 25, 1995Lincoln County, Pike County, Warren County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 9:17 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Pike County, Warren County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1995, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, MO, Pike County, MO, Warren County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 246 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-241 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 260221 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC113-163-219-260300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
917 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...LINCOLN COUNTY...EASTERN PIKE COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY
 
AT 917 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
NEAR BOWLING GREEN THROUGH MONTGOMERY CITY TO THE MISSOURI RIVER. THIS
LINE WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
 
CLARKSVILLE...LOUISIANA...TROY...WARRENTON...AND WRIGHT CITY ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM.  EXPECT WINDS OFN 50-60 MPH.
 
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK INSIDE SHELTER
NOW!
 
 
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

Local storm report, Jul 25, 4:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 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, 5 hours 11 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, 1 hour 22 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, 1 hour 18 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, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway38 min
Jul 25, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford55 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.