Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 1995, 7:07 PM CST for Phelps County, Missouri. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 1995, 7:07 PM CST (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 1995, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Phelps County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1269 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 270109 RRA SVRSTL MOC161-270200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 707 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...PHELPS COUNTY AT 705 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS DETECTING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE BORDER OF PULASKI AND PHELPS COUNTIES. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWNS OF YANCY MILLS...ELK PRAIRIE AND ROLLA. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN 8AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. GKS/RP/DB
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, 4:03 PM CST, 3 hours 4 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, 3 hours 3 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, 5:54 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
MOZ058-070>076-082>087-097>100-106>115-270100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 554 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS UNTIL 1100 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A NEW TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AS WELL AS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS SUNDAY EVENING UNTIL 1100 PM. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE ENTIRE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA AND THE CITIES OF CAPE GIRARDEAU...POPLAR BLUFF AND FARMINGTON. SEVERAL AREAS AND LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI INTO THIS AREA. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. IF YOU LIVE IN EAST CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...BE READY FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AFTER 630 PM. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...TAKE COVER AND STAY INDOORS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION. SHEA
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 5:55 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
MOZ058-070>076-082>087-097>100-106>115-270100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 554 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS UNTIL 1100 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A NEW TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AS WELL AS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS SUNDAY EVENING UNTIL 1100 PM. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE ENTIRE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA AND THE CITIES OF CAPE GIRARDEAU...POPLAR BLUFF AND FARMINGTON. SEVERAL AREAS AND LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI INTO THIS AREA. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. IF YOU LIVE IN EAST CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...BE READY FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AFTER 630 PM. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...TAKE COVER AND STAY INDOORS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION. SHEA
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 6:15 PM CST, 52 minutes before
MOZ028>032-037-038-043-044-053-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 615 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER WATCH NUMBER 139 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... BATES CARROLL CASS JACKSON LAFAYETTE RAY GLASS
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 6:19 PM CST, 48 minutes before
MOZ028>032-037-038-043-044-053-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 615 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER WATCH NUMBER 139 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLJOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... BATES CARROLL CASS JACKSON LAFAYETTE RAY GLASS
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.