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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 27, 1999Franklin County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1999, 1:34 PM CDT for Franklin County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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 27, 1999, 1:34 PM CDT (18:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1999, 2:20 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 288 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 1999-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1999-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 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 271834 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC071-271920-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 220 PM CDT

* AT 130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM HERMAN THROUGH 15 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF OWENSVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
LESLIE
GERALD
SULLIVAN
SAINT CLAIR

PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.

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.


RP/VA

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 45 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, 2 hours 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>075-084-085-099-272300-

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, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford46 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.