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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 13, 1995Clark County, Missouri

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 346 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPhelps53 min
May 13, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXScotland54 min
May 13, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClark46 min
May 13, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXClark46 min
May 13, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis17 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.