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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 14, 1996Madison County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1996, 8:06 PM CDT for Madison County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 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 14, 1996, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1996, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 297 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1996-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1559 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1996-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 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
1559 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
320 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.7
Supercell composite
9.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 150108
SVRSTL
MOC123-150145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
806 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
 
   ...SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 806 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN IRON
COUNTY...5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANNAPOLIS.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE
TOWNS OF SACO AND BUCKHORN BETWEEN 810 AND 830 PM.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ALSO CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN IRON COUNTY
UNTIL 830 PM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
TRUETT/FERRY

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, May 14, 7:40 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
MOZ009-010-018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>050-150230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
736 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #368 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHEAST MISSOURI...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 368 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
SCOTLAND...CLARK...KNOX...LEWIS...SHELBY...MARION...MONROE...
RALLS...PIKE...AUDRAIN...BOONE...CALLAWAY...MONITEAU...COLE
...AND OSAGE COUNTIES IN MISSOURI.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS LESSENED FOR THE TIME BEING. THERE
IS HOWEVER STILL A POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
LATE TONIGHT. KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND LISTEN
FOR POSSIBLE LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

PEDIGO
Special weather statement, May 14, 7:42 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
MOZ009-010-018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>050-150230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
736 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #368 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHEAST MISSOURI...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 368 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
SCOTLAND...CLARK...KNOX...LEWIS...SHELBY...MARION...MONROE...
RALLS...PIKE...AUDRAIN...BOONE...CALLAWAY...MONITEAU...COLE
...AND OSAGE COUNTIES IN MISSOURI.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS LESSENED FOR THE TIME BEING. THERE
IS HOWEVER STILL A POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
LATE TONIGHT. KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND LISTEN
FOR POSSIBLE LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

PEDIGO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin59 min
May 14, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin59 min
May 14, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Reynolds40 min
May 14, 7:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson31 min
May 14, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson31 min
May 14, 8:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXSainte Genevieve4 hr
May 14, 8:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve3 hr
May 14, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson31 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.