Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1995, 11:51 PM CDT for Clark County, Missouri. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 1995, 11:51 PM CDT (04:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 1995, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 5462 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 100452 RRA SVRSTL MOC045-100600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1151 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ...CLARK COUNTY AT 1145 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTHWEST OF KAHOKA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MPH AND WILL PASS SOUTH THROUGH THE COUNTY BY 1230 AM CDT. PERSONS THROUGHOUT CLARK COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY OF KAHOKA... SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTN8ING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PEDIGO
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 9, 7:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
ILZ066-100245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 738 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 AT 730 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS TRAILED FROM A POINT 35 MILES EAST OF EFFINGHAM NORTHWESTWARD TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF EFFINGHAM. ANOTHER VERY STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF EFFINGHAM NEAR MASON ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS ALONG WITH BRIEF DRENCHING RAINS. PERSONS IN AND NEAR EFFINGHAM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER SHOULD THE STORM STRENGTHEN FURTHER. PEDIGO
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 7:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
ILZ066-100245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 738 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 AT 730 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS TRAILED FROM A POINT 35 MILES EAST OF EFFINGHAM NORTHWESTWARD TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF EFFINGHAM. ANOTHER VERY STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF EFFINGHAM NEAR MASON ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS ALONG WITH BRIEF DRENCHING RAINS. PERSONS IN AND NEAR EFFINGHAM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER SHOULD THE STORM STRENGTHEN FURTHER. PEDIGO
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 9:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
MOZ009-010-018-019-026-027-035-036-052-061-063>065-075-076-101400- MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 906 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THIS INCLUDED THE CITIES OF HANNIBAL AND ST LOUIS METRO AREA. STORMS SPOTTER GROUPS AMD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF THE LATEST FORECAST FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION TONIGHT. ACQUAVIVA
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 9:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
MOZ009-010-018-019-026-027-035-036-052-061-063>065-075-076-101400- MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 906 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THIS INCLUDED THE CITIES OF HANNIBAL AND ST LOUIS METRO AREA. STORMS SPOTTER GROUPS AMD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF THE LATEST FORECASTh FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION TONIGHT. ACQUAVIVA
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 3:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike | 4 hr |
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.