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Tornado Warning 29, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 4, 1995Monroe County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1995, 6:58 PM CDT for Monroe County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 7:25 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 299 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 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1110 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 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 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
1110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 050000
TORSTL
MOC137-205-050045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
658 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY...SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY
 
AT 658 PM...A TORNADO WAS DETECTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
RADAR OVER EASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY JUST WEST OF MILTON...OR ABOUT 35
MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA.  TORNADOES WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM
IN THE MOBERLY AREA AT 650 PM.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE
AFFECTING THE CITIES OF EVA*NSVILLE...WOODLAWN...DUNCANS
BRIDGE...MAUD...AND SHELBINA.
 
AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED. GO TO A STURDY
BUILDING OR LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
 
TRUETT/GLASS
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 6:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox45 min
Jul 4, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Washington40 min
Jul 4, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson41 min
Jul 4, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis50 min
Jul 4, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin38 min
Jul 4, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCity of Saint Louis38 min
Jul 4, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXShelby47 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.