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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS St. Louis, MO

February 29, 2000Monroe County, Ralls County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 29, 2000, 8:19 PM CST for Monroe County, Ralls 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
Feb 29, 2000, 8:19 PM CST (02:19 UTC)
Expired
Feb 29, 2000, 9:05 PM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Monroe County, MO, Ralls County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 257 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 00:00Z on 2000-03-01Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2000-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 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 010222
SVRSTL
MOC137-173-010305-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
819 PM CST TUE FEB 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 905 PM CST

* AT 818 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF PARIS... MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT
  45.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  MARK TWAIN LAKE
  FLORIDA
  THE LANDING
  SPALDING



THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS. MOVE QUICKLY
TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS.



RP/TRUETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 29, 6:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone50 min
Feb 29, 7:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRalls36 min
Feb 29, 7:41 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXPike49 min
Feb 29, 8:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Washington36 min
Feb 29, 9:17 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXJefferson33 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.