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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS St. Louis, MO

January 21, 1999Monroe County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 1999, 1:04 PM CST for Monroe 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
Jan 21, 1999, 1:04 PM CST (19:04 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 1999, 1:50 PM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 268 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1999-01-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1999-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 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.

999 
WUUS1 KSTL 211902 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC137-211950-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
104 PM CST THU JAN 21 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY MISSOURI IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 150 PM CST

* AT WESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY... MOVING
  NORTHEAST 30 TO 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  PARIS AT 115 PM CST

1 INCH TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN HALLSVILLE AND STURGEON AT
1250 PM CST

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING HAIL. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

RP/DB


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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, Jan 21, 9:50 AM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
MOZ042-041-050-010-048-072-062-059-084-018-019-052-085-027-047-
051-034-049-036-035-099-061-075-074-063-064-009-026-060-073-ILZ095-
064-096-098-069-065-058-099-059-100-070-102-060-097-079-101-074-
MOZ065-221200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
950 AM CST THU JAN 21 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.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT
ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA...GENERALLY
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JEFFERSON CITY TO BELLEVILLE.

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF
THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND MONITOR LATER WEATHER INFORMATION FOR
POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION.

GKS
Special weather statement, Jan 21, 10:16 AM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
MOZ063-211635-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1016 AM CST THU JAN 21 1999

...TEST....TEST....TEST....
Special weather statement, Jan 21, 10:17 AM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
MOZ062-211635-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1017 AM CST THU JAN 21 1999

TEST...TEST....TEST...THIS IS A TEST//

RP
Special weather statement, Jan 21, 10:25 AM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
MOZ062-211645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1025 AM CST THU JAN 21 1999

THIS IS A TEST.....THIS IS A TEST....THIS IS A TEST...

THIS IS ONLY A TEST...

RP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 9:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage49 min
Jan 21, 10:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade47 min
Jan 21, 10:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau46 min
Jan 21, 11:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery46 min
Jan 21, 11:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln47 min
Jan 21, 11:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone45 min
Jan 21, 12:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Monroe49 min
Jan 21, 12:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone34 min
Jan 21, 1:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison, Saint Francois49 min
Jan 21, 5:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison49 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.