Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1995, 3:15 AM CDT for Franklin County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1995, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1995, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 288 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
- 1468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 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 080816 SVRSTL MOC071-080845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 315 AM CDT MON MAY 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...FRANKLIN COUNTY AT 315 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF NEW HAVEN TO JUST EAST OF GERALD TO SULLIVAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWNS OF WASHINGTON...UNION...AND ST. CLAIR BY 330 AM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WDB
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, May 7, 9:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
MOZ056-080420- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 919 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995 ...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH MORGAN COUNTY... AT 915PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MORGAN COUNY. REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL INDICATED THAT GUSTY WINDS FROM 30-45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE SHOWERS. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE FROM SYRACUSE IN NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY...OR 20 MILES EAST OF SEDALIA...THROUGH VERSAILLES...AND THEN SOUTH TO NEAR GRAVOIS MILLS...OR 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEDALIA. OTHER...LIGHTER RAIN SHOWERS EXTENDED WESTWARD FROM THIS AREA INTO THE TRUMAN RESERVOIR VICINITY. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND SHOULD BE OUT OF MORGAN COUNTY BY 10PM. DUE TO LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN THAT HAVE ALREADY FALLEN TODAY AND THE CONTINUING PRECIPITATION...SMALL STREAMS WILL LIKELY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS TONIGHT AS WELL AS COVER LOW-LYING ROADS AND BRIDGES BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. SEARCY
Special weather statement, May 7, 9:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
MOZ055>057-068-069-081040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 937 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR MOST OF SOUTH PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 3AM MONDAY MORNING FOR BENTON AND HICKORY COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN ST. LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A LARGE PORTION OF MISSOURI...INCLUDING BENTON... HICKORY...MORGAN...CAMDEN...AND MILLER COUNTIES FOR THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS OVER THE REGION. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. SEARCY
Special weather statement, May 7, 11:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
MOZ055-068-080555- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 1151 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING IN... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS BENTON AND HICKORY COUNTIES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 1AM. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES PER HOUR AND SMALL HAIL. ALSO...TORRENTIAL RAINS MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AS WELL AS URBAN FLOODING IN TOWNS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. ALSO...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3AM A\ND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. REAUGH
Special weather statement, May 8, 12:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
MOZ055-080610- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 1205 AM CDT MON MAY 8 1995 ...A STRONG STORM IS NEARING WARSAW... A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF WINDS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL BE MOVING THROUGH WARSAW AROUND 1220AM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. ALSO...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3AM AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINING PRE-DAWN HOURS. REAUGH
Special weather statement, May 8, 12:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
MOZ056-069-080630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 1229 AM CDT MON MAY 8 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE AREA... AT 1225AM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 15 MILES WEST OF SEDALIA TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA NEAR CLIMAX SPRINGS IN WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES PER HOUR...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR. VERSAILLES AND OSAGE BEACH CAN EXPECT TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THESE STORMS BEFORE 1AM. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. REAUGH
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Montgomery | 43 min |
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.