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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 17, 1999Audrain County, Callaway County, Montgomery County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1999, 1:32 AM CDT for Audrain County, Callaway County, Montgomery County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 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
May 17, 1999, 1:32 AM CDT (06:32 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1999, 2:20 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Audrain County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Montgomery County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 16, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 295 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 00:00Z on 1999-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1195 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 00:00Z on 1999-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 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
1195 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
275 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
7.5

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The text

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

999 
WUUS1 KSTL 170634 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC007-027-139-170720-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
132 AM CDT MON MAY 17 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY MISSOURI IN EASTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 220 AM CDT

* AT 130 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FULTON TO
  10 MILES EAST OF AUXVASSE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  KINGDOM CITY
  AUXAVASSE
  WELLSVILLE
  LADDONIA



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.



GKS/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

Local storm report, May 16, 7:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MISSOURI
738 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0610 PM    CAMP POINT                IL   .75 INCH HAIL
05/16/99   ADAMS                          HAIL LASTED ABOUT 5
                                          MINUTES IN TOWN OF CAMP
                                          POINT 14 MI NE OF QUINCY

WDB
Local storm report, May 16, 7:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MISSOURI
738 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0610 PM    CAMP POINT                IL   .75 INCH HAIL
05/16/99   ADAMS                          HAIL LASTED ABOUT 5
                                          MINUTES IN TOWN OF CAMP
                                          POINT 14 MI NE OF QUINCY

WDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Pike46 min
May 17, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway46 min
May 17, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRalls47 min
May 17, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds48 min
May 17, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison47 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.