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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 6, 1996Monroe County, Ralls County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1996, 1:25 AM CDT for Monroe County, Ralls County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 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 6, 1996, 1:25 AM CDT (06:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1996, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Monroe County, MO, Ralls County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 257 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1996-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1996-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 060624
SVRSTL
MOC137-173-060715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
125 AM CDT THU JUN 6 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
 
   ...MONROE COUNTY...RALLS COUNTY
 
AT 123 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
NORTHWEST MONROE COUNTY...NEAR WOODLAWN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE PARIS AREA...AS WELL AS MARK TWAIN
LAKE.
 
IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MONROE COUNTY UNTIL
415 AM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROU"S STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
TRUETT/FERRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Lewis42 min
Jun 5, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXKnox33 min
Jun 5, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXShelby45 min
Jun 5, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Monroe, Ralls60 min
Jun 5, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis60 min
Jun 5, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike68 min
Jun 5, 11:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMonroe, Ralls5 hr
Jun 5, 11:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXShelby5 hr
Jun 6, 1:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMonroe, Ralls50 min
Jun 6, 12:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage49 min
Jun 6, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington52 min
Jun 6, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin38 min
Jun 6, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Louis44 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.