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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 27, 1991Clark County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1991, 3:52 AM CST for Clark County, Missouri. It was in force for 68 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
Mar 27, 1991, 3:52 AM CST (09:52 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1991, 5:00 AM CST
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Clark County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 27, 4:40 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Clark, 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 369 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1991-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1991-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 413 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
413 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 270954
SVRSTL
MOC045-111-271100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
352 AM CST WED MAR 27 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
 
   ...CLARK COUNTY...LEWIS COUNTY
 
AT 350 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEASTERN
MISSOURI NEAR EDINA IN KNOX COUNTY OR 25 MILES EAST OF KIRKSVILLE.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE
ACROSS LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTIES BETWEEN 400 AND 500 AM. POWER OUTAGES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE EDINA AREA.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON7'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
WORK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 3:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdair, Knox62 min
Mar 27, 3:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis56 min
Mar 27, 6:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.