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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 9, 2000Clinton County, Marion County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2000, 2:15 PM CDT for Clinton County, Marion County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 min. 6 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 9, 2000, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2000, 3:05 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clinton County, IL, Marion County, IL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 2:25 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 ESandoval, IL
May 9, 2:25 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EOdin, IL
May 9, 2:25 PM CDTHail 1Centralia, IL
May 9, 2:25 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 54 ECentralia, IL
May 9, 2:37 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55 ESalem, IL
May 9, 2:37 PM CDTHail 0.75Salem, IL

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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -452 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-353 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-452 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-893 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 091916
SVRSTL
ILC027-121-092000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
215 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  MARION COUNTY ILLINOIS IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 305 PM CDT

* AT 214 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTRALIA... MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  CENTRALIA
  SALEM
  ODIN
  SELMAVILLE
  CENTRAL CITY

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. LMOVE QUICKLY TO A
STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS.

TRUETT/FG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun42 min
May 8, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams42 min
May 9, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 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.