Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS St. Louis, MO

January 18, 1996Callaway County, Montgomery County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1996, 12:04 AM CST for Callaway County, Montgomery County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 1996, 12:04 AM CST (06:04 UTC)
Expired
Jan 18, 1996, 12:45 AM CST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Callaway County, MO, Montgomery County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1996-01-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 121 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1996-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 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
121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
448 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KSTL 180607 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC027-139-180645-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1204 AM CST THU JAN 18 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...WESTERN CALLAWAY COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
AT 1204 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
FULTON MISSORUI. THIS STORM WAS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PORTLAND...MONTGOMERY
CITY...AND WILLIAMSBURG.
 
 
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OFTEN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
PEDIGO/GLASS
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 1:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Warren54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.