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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 8, 2000Boone County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2000, 7:08 PM CDT for Boone County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2000, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Boone County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 7:27 PM CDTHail 0.88Harrisburg, MOLocal law enforcement reported nickel size hail.
May 8, 7:57 PM CDTHail 0.88Columbia, MOThe sheriff department reported nickel size hail.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 267 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 2000-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1344 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2000-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
1344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 090009
SVRSTL
MOC019-090100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
708 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 704 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARRISBURG... MOVING
  EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  HARRISBURG
  HALLSVILLE
  HINTON
  CENTRALIA

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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

GKS/RP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain48 min
May 8, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox38 min
May 8, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone50 min
May 8, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway52 min
May 8, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau48 min
May 8, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis53 min
May 8, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole39 min
May 8, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike, Ralls52 min
May 8, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery50 min
May 8, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln48 min
May 8, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau37 min
May 8, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway44 min
May 9, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Moniteau46 min
May 9, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole44 min
May 9, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade34 min
May 9, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Warren41 min
May 9, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.