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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS St. Louis, MO

October 22, 1996Saint Charles County, Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri; Jersey County, Madison County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 22, 1996, 1:52 PM CDT for Saint Charles County, Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri; Jersey County, Madison County, Illinois. It was in force for 53 min. 3 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
Oct 22, 1996, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired
Oct 22, 1996, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jersey County, IL, Madison County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 22, 1:55 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Oakville, MO
Oct 22, 2:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Maryland Hgts, MO
Oct 22, 2:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Madison, IL

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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 12:00Z on 1996-10-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 12:00Z on 1996-10-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 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 221853
SVRSTL
ILC083-119-MOC183-189-510-221945-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
152 PM CDT TUE OCT 22 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
 
   ...JERSEY COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY
 
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...EASTERN ST. CHARLES COUNTY...EASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY
 
  AND THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF
 
   ...ST. LOUIS CITY
 
AT 148 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A NARROW LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ST. CHARLES TO WEBSTER GROVES. THE LINE WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE
ARE FLORISSANT...CLAYTON...CITY OF ST. LOUIS AND PORTAGE DES SIOUX
AND IN ILLINOIS GRAFTON...ALTON AND GRANITE CITY.
 
 
 
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK INSIDE SHELTER
NOW!l
 
 
METZE...PRZYBYLINSKI

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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.