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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 6, 1999Crawford County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1999, 5:23 PM CDT for Crawford County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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
Jul 6, 1999, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1999, 6:10 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 5:35 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Steelville, 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, 10.4 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 1999-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1241 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 1999-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
1241 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 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 062222 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC055-062310-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
523 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 610 PM CDT

* AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  STEELVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  CHERRYVILLE
  COOK STATION
  MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST

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/MB

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, Jul 6, 12:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 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>075-084-085-099-071100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1210 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 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.

ALTHOUGH THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS
EVENING...ANY STORMS WHICH DEVELOP SHOULD NOT BE SEVERE.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

THIS OUTLOOK WILL BE UPDATED BETWEEN 600 AND 700 AM TOMORROW
MORNING.

PEDIGO
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 12:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 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>075-084-085-099-071100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1210 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 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.

ALTHOUGH THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS
EVENING...ANY STORMS WHICH DEVELOP SHOULD NOT BE SEVERE.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

THIS OUTLOOK WILL BE UPDATED BETWEEN 600 AND 700 AM TOMORROW
MORNING.

PEDIGO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.