Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 1996, 8:10 PM CST for Iron County, Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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 24, 1996, 8:10 PM CST (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 1996, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Iron County, MO, Reynolds County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 8:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Ironton, MO | |
| Mar 24, 8:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Centerville, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 270 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 250212 RRA SVRSTL MOC093-179-250300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 810 PM CST SUN MAR 24 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ...IRON COUNTY...EASTERN REYNOLDS COUNTY AT 800 PM CST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL REYNOLDS COUNTY. THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM BIXBY IN NORTHERN IRON COUNTY TO CENTERVILLE IN REYNOLD COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE TOWNS OF BELLEVIEW...IRONTON AND JOHNSON SHUT-IN STATE PARK BETWEEN 815 AND 830 PM CDT. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK INSIDE SHELTER NOW! GKS/RP
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 8:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 41 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.