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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 7, 1996Reynolds County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1996, 2:56 PM CDT for Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 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
May 7, 1996, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1996, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Reynolds County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 256 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 12:00Z on 1996-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 896 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1996-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
896 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 071955
SVRSTL
MOC179-072045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
256 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
 
   ...SOUTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROUND SPRINGS MISSOURI AT 245 PM CDT. THIS STORM
IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COMMUNITIES...ELLINGTON...GARWOOD...AND CLEARWATER LAKE RECREATIONAL
AREA.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
PEDIGO/METZE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 11:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMarion, Monroe, Ralls5 hr
May 6, 11:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXShelby5 hr
May 7, 1:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXPike4 hr
May 7, 4:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMonroe, Ralls, Shelby3 hr
May 7, 4:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXPike3 hr
May 7, 12:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCole, Moniteau4 hr

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.