Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 1, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 1995, 4:50 PM CDT for Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 1995, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1995, 5:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sainte Genevieve County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 286 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
- 1818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 162149 TORSTL MOC099-186-162220- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 450 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 520 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...NORTHERN STE GENEVIEVE COUNTY AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A TORNADO IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY OR FIVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF DE SOTO. ALSO...A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A WALL CLOUD IN THIS AREA. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE PAPIN...VALLEY VIEW...AND LAWRENCETON. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CrUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. DM/AS &
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Moniteau | 55 min |
| Apr 16, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Osage | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Francois | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 21 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.