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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 12, 1997Audrain County, Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1997, 8:49 PM CDT for Audrain County, Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 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 12, 1997, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1997, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 282 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 1997-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2667 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

722 
WUUS1 KSTL 130153 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC019-027-007-130230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
849 PM CDT THU JUN 12 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY...NORTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTY
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...SOUTHERN AUDRAIN COUNTY
 
AT 847 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS DETECTING A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF HALLSVILLE IN NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY.
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE
BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF MEXICO AND AUXVASSE BY 915 PM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
GKS/DB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford50 min
Jun 13, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington47 min
Jun 13, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Francois, Washington42 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXSaint Francois45 min
Jun 13, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve54 min
Jun 13, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron28 min
Jun 13, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison, Saint Francois51 min
Jun 13, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve52 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.