Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 1995, 5:52 PM CST for Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 1995, 5:52 PM CST (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 1995, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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 (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 284 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
- 118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 650 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 639 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 262355 RRA SVRSTL MOC221-270045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 552 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 550 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS DETECTING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THEY WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWN OF SHIRLEY AROUND 600 PM AND INTO POTOSI BY 610 PM. RESIDENTS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE DANGEROUS STORMS SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. GKS/DB/RP
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, Mar 26, 1:54 PM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
MOZ055-056-262055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 154 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS HEADING FOR MORGAN COUNTY... AT 150PM A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA...OR 20 MILES WEST OF VERSAILLES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. AS THE STORM MOVED THROUGH BENTON COUNTY IT PRODUCED PEA-SIZE HAIL AND WINDS OF 45 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE STOVER...FLORENCE...AND SYRACUSE. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. 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. REAUGH
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 1:56 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
MOZ055-056-262055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 154 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS HEADING FOR MORGAN COUNTY... AT 150PM A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA...OR 20 MILES WEST OF VERSAILLES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. AS THE STORM MOVED THROUGH BENTON COUNTY IT PRODUCED PEA-SIZE HAIL AND WINDS OF 45 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE STOVER...FLORENCE...AND SYRACUSE. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. 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. REAUGH
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 4:03 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
MOZ049>051-059-262310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 403 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST... AT 358 PM...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN OSAGE AND SOUTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTIES...RIGHT ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER EAST OF JEFFERSON CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO MONTGOMERY AND GASCONADE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU LIVE ALONG THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WATCH ON THE SKY FOR THREATENING STORMS. SHEA
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 4:04 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
MOZ049>051-059-262310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 403 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST... AT 358 PM...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN OSAGE AND SOUTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTIES...RIGHT ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER EAST OF JEFFERSON CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO MONTGOMERY AND GASCONADE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU LIVE ALONG THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WATCH ON THE SKY FOR THREATENING STORMS. SHEA
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 4:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Montgomery, Osage | 51 min |
| Mar 26, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Phelps | 24 min |
| Mar 26, 5:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 52 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.