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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 22, 1986Knox County, Lewis County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 1986, 7:24 PM CDT for Knox County, Lewis County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 1986, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 1986, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 22, 7:45 PM CDTHail 1Knox, MO

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Peoria Regional, IL (KPIA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 207 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, Peoria Regional, IL at 00:00Z on 1986-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1591 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, Peoria Regional, IL at 00:00Z on 1986-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
1591 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1097 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 230024
SVRSTL
MOC103-111-230115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
724 PM CDT MON SEP 22 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

NORTHEAST MISSOURI...LEWIS AND SOUTHRN KNOX

AT 720 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF
EDINA MISSOURI IN SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH..LARGE HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING..AND HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN
QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS.

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFuORCEMENT AGENCY
OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

MCCARTHY

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, Sep 22, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
600 PM CDT MON SEP 22 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR NORTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI...

AT 600 PM..INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOBERLY  TO KIRKSVILLE AND ACROSS
NORTHERN MISSOURI.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN CAUSE
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL CREEKS OR STREAMS.  HAIL..GUSTY
WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

AVOID CROSSING OR DRIVING THROUGH HIGH WATER OVER ROADWAYS..CULVERTS
OR SO CALLED LOW WATER BRIDGES COMMON 7IN RURAL MISSOURI.  DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO DRIVE OR WALK THOUGH ANY MOVING OR RISING WATER.
LARM

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.