Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1995, 8:34 PM CDT for Iron County, Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1995, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Iron County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 1342 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 12.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 280136 SVRSTL MOC221-093-280215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 834 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ...NORTHWESTERN IRON COUNTY AT 834 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR VIBURNUM...IN EXTREME NORTHWEST IRON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION TO VIBURNUM...THE TOWN OF POTOSI IS INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WA~TCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK INSIDE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TRUETT/FERRY
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 27, 3:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
MOZ055-056-068-069-272115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 310 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED... AT 307PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA TO 35 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...OR FROM COLE CAMP TO JUST NORTH OF BOLIVAR. MOVMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF TORRENTIAL RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY PASS THROUGH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE STOVER...VERSAILLES...GRAVOIS MILLS... HERMITAGE...AND CLIMAX SPRINGS. TRUMAN RESERVOIR...POMME DE TERRE LAKE...AND THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS ARE ALSO GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. IN OPEN AREAS...GO TO A LOW PLACE SUCH AS A RAVINE OR VALLEY. REAUGH
Special weather statement, May 27, 6:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
MOZALL-KSZ102>105-ILZ095>102-280200- MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 604 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF MISSO~URI FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SKYWARN ACTIVATION AT ANYTIME TONIGHT. GLASS
Special weather statement, May 27, 6:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
MOZ057-058-069-070-280030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 627 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 ...A STRONG STORM IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA... AT 625PM A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES PER HOUR WAS 35 MILES WEST OF ROLLA...OR JUST TO THE WEST OF RICHLAND. MOVMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RICHLAND...CROCKER...AND DIXON. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. REAUGH
Special weather statement, May 27, 7:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
MOZ069-280110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 708 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE JUST SOUTH OF THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS... AT 705PM A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM 60 MILES NORTHEAST TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...OR FROM 15 MILES WEST OF CAMDENTON NEAR CLIMAX SPRINGS TO THE BOLIVAR AREA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. WHILE STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CAMDENTON...MONTREAL... LINN CREEK...HURRICANE DECK...AND OSAGE BEACH. MUCH OF THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS IS IN DANGER FROM THESE STORMS AS WELL. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH OVER THE NEXT HOUR. ALSO...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1AM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A tSTORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO...NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN IT IN A CAR. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. REAUGH
Special weather statement, May 27, 7:45 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
MOZ057-058-069-070-280145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 743 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 AT 740 PM A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY NEAR ELDON TO SPRINGFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR. THIS BAND OF STORMS IS CAPABLE OF TORRENTIAL RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES PER HOUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS BAND OF STORMS INCLUDE IBERIA...CROCKER.. DIXON...AND VIENNA. ALL OF THESE TOWNS SHOULD FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THE STORMS BEFORE 840PM. ALSO...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1AM. 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. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO...NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN IT IN A CAR. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. REAUGH
Special weather statement, May 27, 8:10 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
ILZ066-065-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 808 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAYETTE COUNTY ILLINOIS... AT 807 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NARROW LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAYETTE COUNTY ILLINOIS...EXTENDING FROM NEAR WRIGHTS CORNER....TO NEAR VANDALIA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE PASSING THROUGH EASTERN FAYETTE AND ALL OF EFFINGHAM COUNTIES BETWEEEN 807 AND 900 PM THIS EVENING. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...AND WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...CAN BE EXPECTED. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA...SO PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...INCLUDING THOSE IN THE EFbFINGHAM AND ALTAMONT AREAS...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. TRUETT/FERRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Dent | 36 min |
| May 27, 8:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Camden, Miller, Pulaski | 62 min |
| May 27, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Warren | 45 min |
| May 27, 10:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Phelps, Saint Charles, Warren | 4 hr |
| May 27, 10:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Camden, Miller | 116 min |
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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.