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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 3, 1996Reynolds County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1996, 1:06 AM CDT for Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 54 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
May 3, 1996, 1:06 AM CDT (06:06 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 1996, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Reynolds County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 256 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 00:00Z on 1996-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1001 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1996-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
1001 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1427 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 030608
SVRSTL
MOC179-030700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
106 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
 
   ...REYNOLDS COUNTY
 
AT 105 AM...THE ST LOUIS RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTOM IN THE
WESTERN PORTION ON REYNOLDS COUNTY...JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF REYNOLDS.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH...CITIES IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM ARE ELLINGTON AND CLEARWATER LAKE AND GARWOOOD.
 
 
 
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING HAIL. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.
 
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OFTEN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds44 min
May 2, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson33 min
May 2, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve36 min
May 3, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln34 min
May 3, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles22 min
May 3, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles48 min
May 3, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis20 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.