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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 8, 1996Iron County, Reynolds County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1996, 8:49 AM CDT for Iron County, Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 8, 1996, 8:49 AM CDT (13:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1996, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
41 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 13:51 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 9:15 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55Centerville, MO
Jul 8, 9:20 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55Ironton, 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 12:00Z, 1.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1996-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1821 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1996-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 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
1821 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 081356
SVRSTL
MOC093-179-081430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
849 AM CDT MON JUL 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
 
   ...IRON COUNTY...NORTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY
 
AT 850 AM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR BIXBY TO
OATES...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH INCLUDE OATES...BLACK...BELLEVIEW...IRONTON...AND
JOHNSON'S SHUT-INS STATE PARK.
 
THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH.
 
JPK

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, Jul 8, 5:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
MOZ042-041-050-010-048-072-062-059-084-018-019-052-085-027-047-
051-034-049-036-035-099-061-075-074-063-064-009-026-060-073-ILZ095-
064-096-098-069-065-058-099-059-100-070-102-060-097-079-101-074-
MOZ065-081700-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
500 AM CDT MON JUL 8 1996

THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NWS OFFICE
IN ST. LOUIS. AREAS INCLUDED ARE PARTS OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

CITIES COVERED BY THIS OUTLOOK AREA INCLUDE IN MISSOURI...COLUMBIA
...JEFFERSON CITY...MEXICO...HANNIBAL...ST. LOUIS...AND FARMINGTON.
IN ILLINOIS...QUINCY...CARLINVILLE...BELLEVILLE...CHESTER...
GREENVILLE AND SALEM.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA
OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS FOR
TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING...THEN
REDEVELOP OVER CENTRAL zAND SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF
THE LATEST FORECAST FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION.

PEDIGO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison31 min
Jul 8, 9:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison35 min
Jul 8, 9:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison22 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.