Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1995, 3:46 AM CDT for Ralls County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 1995, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1995, 4:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ralls County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 090848 RRA SVRSTL ILC149-MOC173-090945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 346 AM CDT SUN APR 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ...RALLS COUNTY AT 335 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ONE ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF MARK TWAIN LAKE...THE OTHER ONE 10 MILES EAST OF HANNIBAL OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PITTSFIELD ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS ARE CAUSING A SWATH OF HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. HAIL PEA SIZED TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER WAS COVERING THE GROUND IN HANNIBAL. PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF BARRY AND PITTSFIELD IN ILLINOIS...AND NEW LONDON IN MISSOURI...SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THESE STORMS. DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. HAIL LASTED FOR 8 TO 10 MINUTES IN HANNIBAL. PERSONS DRIVING IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VARYING DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF STORMS TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA. LOCAL FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IS NOW POSSIBLE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. PEDIGO &
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, Apr 8, 10:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
MOZ026-034-042-050-090600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1045 PM CDT SAT APR 8 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 1045 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SHELBY...MONROE...AUDRAIN AND CALLAWAY COUNTIES. PERSONS IN LEONARD...CLARENCE...SHELBINA...WOODLAWN... MADISON...PARIS...CENTRALIA AND MEXICO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLILITY OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL BETWEEN 1045 PM AND MIDNIGHT.
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 10:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
MOZ026-034-042-050-090600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1045 PM CDT SAT APR 8 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 1045 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SHELBY...MONROE...AUDRAIN AND CALLAWAY COUNTIES. PERSONS IN LEONARD...CLARENCE...SHELBINA...WOODLAWN... MADISON...PARIS...CENTRALIA AND MEXICO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLILITY OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL BETWEEN 1045 PM AND MIDNIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike, Ralls | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.