Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS St. Louis, MO
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.
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 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.
- 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
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
WDBLocal 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
WDBThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Pike | 46 min |
| May 17, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway | 46 min |
| May 17, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Ralls | 47 min |
| May 17, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 48 min |
| May 17, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.