Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 2, 1996Saint Charles County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1996, 9:32 PM CDT for Saint Charles County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 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
Jun 2, 1996, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1996, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Saint Charles County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 234 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1996-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 307 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1996-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
307 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2116 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 030240
SVRSTL
MOC183-030315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
932 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN ST. CHARLES COUNTY
 
AT 935 PM...A STORM WAS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF LINCOLN
COUNTY MISSOURI. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST OR SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE ST PAUL AND WENTZVILLE.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINHDOWS.
 
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING HAIL. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.
VA
 
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone59 min
Jun 2, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.