Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 10:33 AM CDT for Clark County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1995, 10:33 AM CDT (15:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1995, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 430 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 131536 SVRSTL MOC045-131615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1033 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ...NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME WESTERN CLARK COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF ARBELA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER THE TOWNS OF PEAKSVILLE...AND ATHENS BETWEEN 1100 AND 1130 AM CDT. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK INSIDE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD HEAD FOR SHORE. RP/GKS
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 13, 5:27 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-ILZ095>102-131700- MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 520 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR MOST OF MISSOURI TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS AREA IS EAST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY TO SPRINGFIELD. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COLUMBIA.. KIRKSVILLE...JEFFERSON CITY...ST LOUIS...ROLLA..SPRINGFIELD...WEST PLAINS...POPLAR BLUFF...CAPE GIRARDEAU...AND HANNIBAL. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK STATEMENTS FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION LATER ON TODAY AND EVENING. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION SO PLAN YOUR DAY TO INCLUDE THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. PEDIGO
Special weather statement, May 13, 7:02 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
MOZALL-131400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 700 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSOURI IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 365 HAS NOW EXPIRED. THERE ARE NO WATCHES IN EFFECT IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MISSOURI THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. MISSOURI RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND CONTINUALLY MONITER WEATHER FORECASTS FOR YOUR AREA. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK. PEDIGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Phelps | 53 min |
| May 13, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Scotland | 54 min |
| May 13, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clark | 46 min |
| May 13, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clark | 46 min |
| May 13, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis | 17 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.