Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 1999, 7:47 PM CST for Iron County, Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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
- Mar 5, 1999, 7:47 PM CST (01:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 1999, 8:20 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Iron County, MO, Reynolds County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 300 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 600 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WUUS1 KSTL 060148 RRA SVRSTL MOC093-179-060220- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 747 PM CST FRI MAR 5 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI NORTHEASTERN REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI * UNTIL 820 PM CST * AT 745 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED... IRONTON DIME SIZED HAIL AT CENTERVILLE AT 735 PM THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS DAMAGING HAIL. LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE AN SERIOUS INJURY TO PEOPLE CAUGHT OUTDOORS. MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. TES/WDB &
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, Mar 5, 4:00 PM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 400 PM CST FRI MAR 5 1999 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 1000 PM CST. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... BARRY MCDONALD NEWTON STONE TANEY CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE...BRANSON...CASSVILLE...AND NEOSHO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TERRY
Local storm report, Mar 5, 7:13 PM CST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MISSOURI
713 PM CST FRI MAR 05 1999
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 PM STEELVILLE MO .75 INCH HAIL
03/05/99 CRAWFORDThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 7:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 33 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.