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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 8, 2000Lewis County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2000, 8:22 PM CDT for Lewis County, Missouri. It was in force for 53 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
May 8, 2000, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2000, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Lewis County, MO

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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 2000-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 609 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 090122
SVRSTL
MOC111-090215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 820 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF MONTICELLO... MOVING EAST
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  MONTICELLO
  NEW COURT
  CANTON
  WILLIAMSTOWN

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 WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

MB/GKS/RP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone52 min
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, 8:36 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

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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.