Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 200, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1995, 9:12 PM CDT for Monroe County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 1995, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1804 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 170214 RRA SVRSTL MOC137-170300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 912 PM CDT WED AUG 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ...MONROE COUNTY AT 910 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RDAR WAS DETECTING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF PARIS IN MONROE COUNTY MISSOURI. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. IT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWN OF PARIS BY 920 PM...AND INTO THE TOWNS OF MONROE CITY...STOUTSVILLE AND ALSO MARK TWAIN LAKE BY 935 TO 950 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GKS/AMS
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 16, 7:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
MOZ055>058-068>070-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 756 PM CDT WED AUG 16 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH BENTON COUNTY... AT 755 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN... WERE MOVING INTO EASTERN BENTON COUNTY. THE 10 MILE WIDE LINE EXTENDED FROM COLE CAMP...TO LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS...TO EDWARDS AND FRISTOE. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND AFFECT THE TOWNS OF STOVER...VERSAILLES...GRAVOIS MILLS...AND CLIMAX SPRINGS BY 830 PM. WESTERN PORTIONS OF LAKE OF THE OZARKS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE THE STRONG WINDS WHICH WILL EXTEND 5 TO 10 MILES OUT AHEAD OF THE STORMS. VISIBILITIES ON THE ROAD WILL BE REDUCED DURING THE DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. SLOW DOWN AND LEAVE EXTRA BREAKING DISTANCE BETWEEN VEHICLES. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SEARCY
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 7:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
MOZ055>058-068>070-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 756 PM CDT WED AUG 16 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH BENTON COUNTY... AT 755 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN... WERE MOVING INTO EASTERN BENTON COUNTY. THE 10 MILE WIDE LINE EXTENDED FROM COLE CAMP...TO LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS...TO EDWARDS AND FRISTOE. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND AFFECT THE TOWNS OF STOVER...VERSAILLES...GRAVOIS MILLS...AND CLIMAX SPRINGS BY 830 PM. WESTERN PORTIONS OF LAKE OF THE OZARKS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE THE STRONG WINDS WHICH WILL EXTEND 5 TO 10 MILES OUT AHEAD OF THE STORMS. VISIBILITIES ON THE ROAD WILL BE REDUCED DURING THE DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. SLOW DOWN AND LEAVE EXTRA BREAKING DISTANCE BETWEEN VEHICLES. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SEARCY
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 8:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
MOZ055>058-068>070-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 756 PM CDT WED AUG 16 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH BENTON COUNTY... AT 755 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN... WERE MOVING INTO EASTERN BENTON COUNTY. THE 10 MILE WIDE LINE EXTENDED FROM COLE CAMP...TO LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS...TO EDWARDS AND FRISTOE. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND AFFECT THE TOWNS OF STOVER...VERSAILLES...GRAVOIS MILLS...AND CLIMAX SPRINGS BY 830 PM. WESTERN PORTIONS OF LAKE OF THE OZARKS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE THE STRONG WINDS WHICH WILL EXTEND 5 TO 10 MILES OUT AHEAD OF THE STORMS. VISIBILITIES ON THE ROAD WILL BE REDUCED DURING THE DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. SLOW DOWN AND LEAVE EXTRA BREAKING DISTANCE BETWEEN VEHICLES. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SEARCY
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 8:28 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
MOZ055>058-068>070-170230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 828 PM CDT WED AUG 16 1995 ...GUSTY WINDS MOVING THROUGH MORGAN COUNTY IN ADVANCE OF SOME STORMS... AT 827 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY. STRONG WEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN ADVANCE OF THE STORMS. DUE TO A LARGE AMOUNT OF TURBULENCE IN THE STORMS...STRANGE AND DANGEROUS LOOKING CLOUDS MAY BE FOUND ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS. THESE CLOUDS POSE NO THREAT AND SHOULD BE NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. AGAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE BARNETT AND ROCKY MOUNT AREAS BY 9 PM. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THIS EVENING...YOU CAN EXPECT VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN AND NEAR THE HEAVY RAIN. SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS MAY ALSO OCCUR...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. SEARCY
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 8:29 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
MOZ055>058-068>070-170230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 828 PM CDT WED AUG 16 1995 ...GUSTY WINDS MOVING THROUGH BENTON COUNTY IN ADVANCE OF SOME STORMS... AT 827 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY. STRONG WEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN ADVANCE OF THE STORMS. DUE TO A LARGE AMOUNT OF TURBULENCE IN THE STORMS...STRANGE AND DANGEROUS LOOKING CLOUDS MAY BE FOUND ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS. THESE CLOUDS POSE NO THREAT AND SHOULD BE NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. AGAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE BARNETT AND ROCKY MOUNT AREAS BY 9 PM. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THIS EVENING...YOU CAN EXPECT VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN AND NEAR THE HEAVY RAIN. SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS MAY ALSO OCCRUR...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. SEARCY
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 8:33 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
MOZ055>058-068>070-170230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 828 PM CDT WED AUG 16 1995 ...GUSTY WINDS MOVING THROUGH MORGAN COUNTY IN ADVANCE OF SOME STORMS... AT 827 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY. STRONG WEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN ADVANCE OF THE STORMS. DUE TO A LARGE AMOUNT OF TURBULENCE IN THE STORMS...STRANGE AND DANGEROUS LOOKING CLOUDS MAY BE FOUND ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS. THESE CLOUDS POSE NO THREAT AND SHOULD BE NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. AGAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE BARNETT AND ROCKY MOUNT AREAS BY 9 PM. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THIS EVENING...YOU CAN EXPECT VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN AND NEAR THE HEAVY RAIN. SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROfADS MAY ALSO OCCUR...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. SEARCY
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.