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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 7, 1995Cole County, Osage County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1995, 5:58 PM CDT for Cole County, Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 1995, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cole County, MO, Osage County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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 (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 1995-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2558 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 1995-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2558 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 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 072301 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC051-151-072345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
558 PM CDT MON AUG 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN COLE COUNTY...WESTERN OSAGE COUNTY
 
AT 558 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 TO 15
MILES SOUTH OF JEFFERSON CITY IN SOUTHERN COLE COUNTY...NEAR BRAZITO.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE
COMMUNITIES OF THOMAS AND META BY 630 PM.
 
THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM APPEARS TO BE STRONG WIND GUSTS WITH THE
VERY HEAVY RAIN. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
SHEA\VA

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, Aug 7, 5:55 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
MOZ048>050-072330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
555 PM CDT MON AUG 7 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN COLE COUNTY...

AT 550 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
SOUTHERN PARTS OF COLE COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWNS OF BRAZITO...HICKORY
HILL AND ST THOMAS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST TO SOUTHEAST
AND WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN COLE COUNTY AND MUCH OF OSAGE COUNTY DURING
THE NEXT HOUR.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS APPEARS TO BE HEAVY RAIN...BUT GUSTY
WIND CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. OVER AN INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL IN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME PRODUCING STREET FLOODING. SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS
MAY RISE QUICKLY.

AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE OSAGE BEND...BABBTOWN AND FREEBURG
AREAS THIS EVENING...STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD WATCH FOR HIGH WATER...ESPECIALLY IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

SHEA
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 minute before
MOZ048>050-072330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
555 PM CDT MON AUG 7 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN COLE COUNTY...

AT 550 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
SOUTHERN PARTS OF COLE COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWNS OF BRAZITO...HICKORY
HILL AND ST THOMAS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST TO SOUTHEAST
AND WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN COLE COUNTY AND MUCH OF OSAGE COUNTY DURING
THE NEXT HOUR.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS APPEARS TO BE HEAVY RAIN...BUT GUSTY
WIND CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. OVER AN INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL IN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME PRODUCING STREET FLOODING. SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS
MAY RISE QUICKLY.

AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE OSAGE BEND...BABBTOWN AND FREEBURG
AREAS THIS EVENING...STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD WATCH FOR HIGH WATER...ESPECIALLY IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

SHEA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage45 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.