Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 8:29 PM CDT for Franklin County, Jefferson County, Missouri. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1995, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, MO, Jefferson County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 277 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
- 2056 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.2
- Supercell composite
- 18.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 140130 SVRSTL MOC071-099-140230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 829 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 825 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST LOUIS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS ACROSS SOUTHEAST FRANKLIN AND INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MAUPIN AND LONEDELL IN SOUTHEAST FRANKLIN COUNTY...AS WELL AS MORSE MILL AND CEDAR HILL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS APPEARS TO BE LARGE HAIL...ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. SEEK SHELTEvR IN A STURDY BUILDING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OFTEN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SHEA
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, 6:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 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 57 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, 48 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
Special weather statement, May 13, 8:24 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
MOZ042-010-019-027-034-036-035-026-ILZ095-096-097-140200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 820 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE THREAT OF STRONG STORMS...AND HEAVY RAINS...HAS NOW PUSHED TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THESE AREAS. IN MISSOURI THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THESE WATCHES...CLARK...LEWIS...SHELBY...MARION...MONROE...RALLS...AUDRAIN ...AND PIKE. IN ILLINOIS...THE COUNTIES OF ADAMS...BROWN...jAND PIKE HAVE BEEN CLEARED. THE CITIES OF HANNIBAL AND QUINCY HAVE ALSO BEEN CLEARED FROM THESE WATCHES. 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, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 66 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.