Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2000, 7:42 PM CDT for Audrain County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 min. 3 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, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Audrain County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:05 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Mexico, MO | The sheriff department reported nickel size hail southwest of Mexico. |
| May 8, 8:15 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Mexico, MO | The sheriff department reported golfball size hail. |
| May 8, 8:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Vandalia, MO | Local law enforcement reported some trees and power lines down in Vandalia. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 8, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 290 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
- 609 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1116 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 12.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLSX 090043 SVRSTL MOC007-090130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 742 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 843 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF CENTRALIA... MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED... MEXICO THOMPSON 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. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WIYTH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. MB/GKS/RP
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone | 52 min |
| May 8, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox | 38 min |
| May 8, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone | 50 min |
| May 8, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway | 52 min |
| May 8, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Moniteau | 48 min |
| May 8, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis | 53 min |
| May 8, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole | 39 min |
| May 8, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike, Ralls | 52 min |
| May 8, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 50 min |
| May 8, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 48 min |
| May 8, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Moniteau | 37 min |
| May 8, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway | 44 min |
| May 9, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Moniteau | 46 min |
| May 9, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole | 44 min |
| May 9, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade | 34 min |
| May 9, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Warren | 41 min |
| May 9, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 36 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.