Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 7:54 PM CDT for Crawford County, Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1995, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 2575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 140055 SVRSTL MOC055-221-140200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 754 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 753 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF CUBA...ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROLLA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BOURBON...ANTHONIES MILLS AND RICHWOODS. IT WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTHEAST CRAWFORD COUNTY AND INTO NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY BY 820 PM. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK INSIDE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD HEAD FOR SHORE. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OFTEN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SHEA/VA
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, 2:02 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
MOZ010-018-019-027-026-ILZ095-097-131945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 202 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 200 PM CDT...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 TO 20 MILES WEST OF KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO FAR NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF MISSOURI BETWEEN 230 AND 300 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RP r
Special weather statement, May 13, 2:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
MOZALL-132030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 222 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI TIL 900 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI TIL 900 PM CDT. THE TORNADO WATCH COVERS THAT AREA EAST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE TO 40 MILES WEST OF MOBERLY AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST OF MOBERLY TO BOWLING GREEN MISSOURI. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE HANNIBAL...KIRKSVILLE...MACON AND MOBERLY MISSOURI. THE CITY OF QUINCY IN ILLINOIS IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FURTHER DEVELOP AS THEY MOVE INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI BETWEEN 230 AND 400 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS..AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. KEEP TUNE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. RP
Special weather statement, May 13, 6:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
MOZ001>052-059>065-ILZ095>102-132340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 610 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.... THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS NOW PUSHED INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINO\IS. IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SCOTLAND AND KNOX COUNTIES. ...BROADCASTERS...PLEASE SEE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY KANSAS CITY AT 609 PM FOR ADDITIONAL COUNTIES CLEARED FROM THE WATCH. TRUETT
Local storm report, May 13, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
630 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
...SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM SATURDAY...MAY 13 1995...
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1045 AM 3NE ATHENS MO 1 INCH HAIL
CLARK COUNTY
320 PM ARBELA - SCOTLAND COUNTY MO TORNADO WITH PATH LENGTH
TO TO 4NE LURAY - OF APPROX 8 MILES.
340 PM CLARK COUNTY WIDEST DAMAGE
SWATH OF ABOUT 200 YARDS.
1 INJURY REPORTED AT
GRANGER. DAMAGE TO
SEVERAL HOMES AND
NUMEROUS OUTBUILDINGS
ALONG PATH.
TRUETTSpecial weather statement, May 13, 7:41 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
MOZ042-010-019-027-034-036-035-026-ILZ095-096-097-140115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 740 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...THREAT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHING ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 9 PM...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THE LATEST DATA INDICATES THAT THE THREAT OF STRONG STORMS IS DIMINISHING OVER THIS AREA...AND IS SHIFTING INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE...IT APPEARS THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL END IN THIS AREA BY 9 PM. TRUETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 33 min |
| May 13, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson | 61 min |
| May 13, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 41 min |
| May 13, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 31 min |
| May 13, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 38 min |
| May 13, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 40 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.