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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 3, 1995Gasconade County, Osage County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 1995, 6:10 AM CDT for Gasconade County, Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 1995, 6:10 AM CDT (11:10 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 1995, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gasconade County, MO, Osage County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 254 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 00:00Z on 1995-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 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 00:00Z on 1995-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 031114 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC027-073-151-031200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
610 AM CDT SUN SEP 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN CALLAWAY COUNTY...GASCONADE COUNTY
   ...EASTERN OSAGE COUNTY
 
AT 610 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FULTON IN CALLAWAY COUNTY. THIS STORM
DOWNED POWER LINES IN FULTON AT 550 AM. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. IT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWNS OF
CHAMOIS~...MT STERLING AND OWENSVILLE BETWEEN 615 AND 700 AM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
GKS/BECHTOLD
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 6:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway37 min
Sep 3, 9:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin41 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.