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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS St. Louis, MO

February 29, 2000Franklin County, Washington County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 29, 2000, 8:54 PM CST for Franklin County, Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 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, 8:54 PM CST (02:54 UTC)
Expired
Feb 29, 2000, 9:30 PM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 287 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 2000-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 107 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
107 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 010257
SVRSTL
MOC071-221-010330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 930 PM CST

* AT 854 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF SULLIVAN... MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  RICHWOODS
  PINEY PARK

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...DAMAGING HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OR YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

RP/MB/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, 8:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Ralls46 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.