Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1996, 7:46 PM CDT for Boone County, Missouri. It was in force for 59 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
- Jun 2, 1996, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1996, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Boone County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Harrisburg, MO | |
| Jun 2, 8:22 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Hinton, 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 528 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 030054 SVRSTL MOC019-030145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 746 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 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 CENTRAL MISSOURI ...NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY AT 750 PM...THE ST LOUIS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF HARRIBURG IN BOON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST OR SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE HALLSVILLE AND CENTRALIA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OFTEN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. VA/GL
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 43 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.