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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 19, 1996Lincoln County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1996, 4:33 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Missouri. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report 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
Apr 19, 1996, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1996, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 19, 4:40 PM CDTHail 0.75Troy, 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 236 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 1996-04-19Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1996-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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 192135
SVRSTL
ILC013-083-MOC113-192230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
433 PM CDT FRI APR 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
 
   ...SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY...JERSEY COUNTY
 
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 430 PM...THE ST LOUIS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM IN THE
SOUHTEAST PORTION OF LINCONL COUNTY...THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.. AND WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WINDFIELD...WILL BE MOVING IN ILLINOIS SIDE WITH 30 TO 45 MINUTES.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
IF OUTDOORS...SEEK INSIDE SHnELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

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, Apr 19, 3:56 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-095>102-MOZ009-010-018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-048>052-059>065-200400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
400 PM CDT FRI APR 19 1996

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI...

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN
MISSOURI DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.  A TORNADO
WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THE NORTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL PORTION.  THE WATCH INCLUDES THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA...
COLUMBIA...JEFFERSON CITY...MEXICO...AND THE HANNIBAL...QUINCY AREA.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike, Ralls41 min
Apr 19, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Franklin, Washington64 min
Apr 19, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles51 min
Apr 19, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCity of Saint Louis59 min
Apr 19, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson59 min
Apr 19, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXJefferson42 min
Apr 19, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford68 min
Apr 19, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis45 min
Apr 19, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXSaint Louis48 min
Apr 19, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXJefferson48 min
Apr 19, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles64 min
Apr 19, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXWashington32 min
Apr 19, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Washington39 min
Apr 19, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois44 min
Apr 19, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCity of Saint Louis41 min
Apr 19, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson31 min
Apr 19, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Reynolds53 min
Apr 19, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois50 min
Apr 19, 6:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCrawford, Washington69 min
Apr 19, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson54 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.