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Tornado Warning 26, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 7, 1995Franklin County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1995, 1:08 PM CDT for Franklin County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 1:08 PM CDT (18:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1995, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 288 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1189 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 071810
TORSTL
MOC071-071900-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
108 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
AT 106 NWS RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON IN
NORTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEXAST AT 40 MPH.
 
THE TOWNS OF KIEL...LYON...AND UNION ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT
OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL.
 
JPK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone59 min
Jun 7, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe59 min
Jun 7, 11:28 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXAudrain, Boone47 min
Jun 7, 11:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway42 min
Jun 7, 12:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery43 min
Jun 7, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Warren50 min
Jun 7, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Washington43 min
Jun 7, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve57 min
Jun 7, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Francois57 min
Jun 7, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Phelps63 min
Jun 7, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXDent39 min
Jun 7, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPerry36 min
Jun 7, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXDent, Reynolds33 min
Jun 7, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds60 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.