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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 27, 1999Crawford County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1999, 1:09 PM CDT for Crawford County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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
Jun 27, 1999, 1:09 PM CDT (18:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1999, 1:55 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 1:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 53Cuba, MO
Jun 27, 1:25 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56Cuba, MO
Jun 27, 1:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56Steelville, 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 251 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 12:00Z on 1999-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1135 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 12:00Z on 1999-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
1135 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

371 
WUUS1 KSTL 271809 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC055-271855-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
109 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 155 PM CDT

* AT AT 105 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN VICHY AND ROLLA... MOVING TO THE EAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  STEELVILLE
  CUBA

WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH WAS REPORTED AT VICHY AT 100 PM

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...DAMAGING HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OR YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

VA/RP

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, Jun 27, 10:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 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>075-084-085-099-272300-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1130 AM CDT SUN JUN 27 1999

THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NWS OFFICE
IN ST. LOUIS. AREAS INCLUDED ARE PARTS OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ALSO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO
BECOME SEVERE.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 11:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 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>075-084-085-099-272300-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1130 AM CDT SUN JUN 27 1999

THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NWS OFFICE
IN ST. LOUIS. AREAS INCLUDED ARE PARTS OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ALSO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO
BECOME SEVERE.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin46 min
Jun 27, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Reynolds, Washington47 min
Jun 27, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Francois45 min
Jun 27, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Madison31 min
Jun 27, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds31 min
Jun 27, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.