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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 4, 1999Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1999, 2:49 PM CDT for Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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
Jun 4, 1999, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1999, 3:35 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 3:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Kahoka, MO
Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55Kahoka, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 4, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1999-06-04Temperature 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1999-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1356 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 3, 3:20 PM CDT, 23 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:20 PM CDT, 23 hours 29 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ009-010-018-019-026-
027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-042200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
145 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 1999

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY
OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  DUE TO THE VERY
WARM AND HUMID AIR FUELING THESE STORMS...HAIL AND HIGH WINDS
MAY OCCUR WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY...SO STORM SPOTTER GROUPS
AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.

THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST LOUIS.  ARE$AS INCLUDED ARE PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST...CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AS WELL AS
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

TRUETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClark, Scotland46 min
Jun 4, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Lewis47 min
Jun 4, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXLewis35 min
Jun 4, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClark32 min
Jun 4, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXLewis34 min
Jun 4, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles60 min
Jun 4, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis60 min
Jun 4, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams, Brown65 min
Jun 4, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike61 min
Jun 4, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXGreene50 min
Jun 4, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery63 min
Jun 4, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Fayette62 min
Jun 4, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison62 min
Jun 4, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery35 min
Jun 4, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton, Saint Clair63 min
Jun 4, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.