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Tornado Warning 23, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 27, 1995Dent County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1995, 7:39 PM CDT for Dent County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 1995, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Dent County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1342 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 280041
TORSTL
MOC065-280115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
739 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...DENT COUNTY
 
AT 738 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER SOUTHWEST
DENT COUNTY NEAR MONTAUK STATE PARK...AND A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN
REPORTED IN THIS AREA.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE
TOWNS OF JADWIN...DARIEN...SALEM...AND STONE HILL.
 
AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED. GO TO A STURDY
BUILDING OR LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
 
 
 
&

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Washington41 min
May 27, 8:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCamden, Miller, Pulaski62 min
May 27, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Warren45 min
May 27, 10:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Phelps, Saint Charles, Warren4 hr
May 27, 10:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCamden, Miller116 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.