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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 10, 1995Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1995, 5:42 PM CDT for Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1995, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 268 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 1995-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 326 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 1995-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 431 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
326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-582 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
431 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
460 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 102244 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC019-027-102330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
542 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...EASTERN BOONE COUNTY...CALLAWAY COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM MIDWAY TO HOLTS SUMMIT
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH INCLUDE FULTON...KINGDOM CITY AND COLUNBIA.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, Apr 10, 2:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-102000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
200 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #173 FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #173 WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST
MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE STILL IN THE OFFING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  ALSO...THERE
IS STILL THE THREAT OF MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION...RADIO STATION...OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

METZE
Local storm report, Apr 10, 2:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
235 PM CST MON APRIL 10 1995

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1035 AM    JEFFERSON CITY            MO   MAN INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY
04/10/95   COLE                           LIGHTNING IN HOME.
LIGHTNING APPARENTLY STRUCK CHIMNEY OF THE FIREPLACE HE WAS STANDING
BY.

1127 AM    PARIS                     MO   POWER OUT...LIGHTING STRIKE
04/10/95   MONROE                         SHERIFF OFFICE

1130 AM    MEXICO                    MO   3/4 INCH HAIL
04/10/95   AUDRAIN                        REPORTED BY CO.SHERIFF

1230 AM    5 EAST BARRY              IL   1/4 INCH HAIL
04/10/95   PIKE                           REPORTED BY SHERIFF

JPK
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 2:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
MOZ055-056-102050-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI
245 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY...

AT 244PM A 10 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEDALIA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF SEDLIA...OR ABOUT 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF VERSAILLES.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.

THESE STORMS PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVED THROUGH
BENTON COUNTY.

TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE STOVER...FLORENCE...AND
SYRACUSE.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.

REAUGH
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 2:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
MOZ055-056-102050-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI
245 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY...

AT 244PM A 10 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEDALIA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF SEDLIA...OR ABOUT 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF VERSAILLES.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.

THESE STORMS PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVED THROUGH
BENTON COUNTY.

TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE STOVER...FLORENCE...AND
SYRACUSE.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.

REAUGH
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:24 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
MOZ042-050-048-047-102330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
524 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST BOONE COUNTY
BY 530 PM. THIS STORM PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED 1 INCH TO 1 3/4 INCH
HAIL IN MONITEAU COUNTY AROUND 500 PM...HOWEVER THE STORM HAS
WEAKENED THE PAST 15 MINUTES.

THE TOWN OF MCBAINE CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND
SMALL HAIL BY 535 PM.

ANOTHER STORM WAS OVER SOUTH BOONE COUNTY. THIS STORM PRODUCED PEA
SIZE HAIL IN HARTSBURG AT 520 PM.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

&
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:26 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
MOZ042-050-048-047-102330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
524 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST BOONE COUNTY
BY 530 PM. THIS STORM PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED 1 INCH TO 1 3/4 INCH
HAIL IN MONITEAU COUNTY AROUND 500 PM...HOWEVER THE STORM HAS
WEAKENED THE PAST 15 MINUTES.

THE TOWN OF MCBAINE CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAI6N...GUSTY WINDS AND
SMALL HAIL BY 535 PM.

ANOTHER STORM WAS OVER SOUTH BOONE COUNTY. THIS STORM PRODUCED PEA
SIZE HAIL IN HARTSBURG AT 520 PM.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPhelps42 min
Apr 9, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade42 min
Apr 9, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis49 min
Apr 9, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClark, Lewis44 min
Apr 10, 10:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole51 min
Apr 10, 10:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain49 min
Apr 10, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe44 min
Apr 10, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWarren50 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.