Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 10:14 PM CDT for Crawford County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1995, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 251 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 140315 SVRSTL MOC055-140345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1014 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY AT 1015 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF STEELVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. STEEVILLE AND CHERRYVILLE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DAMAGING HAIL. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK INSIDE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. JPK
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, 4 hours 2 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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 610 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI....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, 3 hours 42 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, 2 hours 33 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, 1 hour 50 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
Special weather statement, May 13, 8:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
MOZ055>058-068>070-140235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 834 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT... AT 830 PM...RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING PULASKI COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESVILLE...OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROLLA AND WILL BE MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTY BY 840 PM AND BE NEAR FORT LEONARD WOOD BY 850 PM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WERE LOCATED ALONG INTERSTATE 44...EAST OF SPRINGFIELD AND ALSO SOUTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SPRINGFIELD VICINITY MAY APPROACH PULASKI AND MARIES COUNTIES LATER THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING PULASKI COUNTY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PULASKI AND MARIES COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM SUNDAY MORNING. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, 8:29 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, 10:22 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.