Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1995, 4:00 PM CDT for Saint Francois County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 1995, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1995, 4:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saint Francois County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 306 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 162057 SVRSTL MOC187-186-162145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 400 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...NORTHEASTERN ST FRANCOIS COUNTY ...NORTHERN STE GENEVIEVE COUNTY AT 350 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTH OF FARMINGTON NEAR HALIFAX. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE HALIFAX...LAWRENCETON... VALLEY VIEW...AND BLOOMSDALE. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING MARBLE TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RxAIN. 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. DM/DF
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 16, 2:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MOZ056-162100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 253 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995 AT 245 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORGAN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE MORGAN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT JUST WEST OF ELDON. THE STORM HAS MOVED OVER MILLER COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 3PM INCLUDING MORGAN...CAMDEN...BENTON AND HICKORY COUNTIES AND A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8 PM FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI INCLUDING MILLER...MARIES AND PULASKI COUNTIES. SHELDON &
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:03 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-ILZ095>102-162100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 300 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 8PM... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN AND PART OF CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS EXPIRED. THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF MISSOURI. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF THE LATEST FORECAST FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:20 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
MOZ058-162120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 319 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995 ..A STRONG STORM IS HEADING FOR MARIES COUNTY... AT 315PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL AND HIGH WINDS...WAS CENTERED 20 MILES SOUTH OF JEFFERSON CITY...OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF VIENNA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. THE STORM WILL BE ENTERING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MARIES COUNTY BY 340PM AND WILL BE IN THE VIENNA AREA AROUND 4PM. 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. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARIES...MILLER ...AND PULASKI COUNTIES UNTI 8PM. REAUGH
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:23 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
MOZ058-162120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 319 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995 ...CORR FOR TYPO... ..A STRONG STORM IS HEADING FOR MARIES COUNTY... AT 315PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL AND HIGH WINDS...WAS CENTERED 20 MILES SOUTH OF JEFFERSON CITY...OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF VIENNA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. THE STORM WILL BE ENTERING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MARIES COUNTY BY 340PM AND WILL BE IN THE VIENNA AREA AROUND 4PM. 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. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARIES...MILLER ...AND PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 8PM. REAUGH
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Moniteau | 55 min |
| Apr 16, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Osage | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 21 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.