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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 24, 2000Crawford County, Washington County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2000, 7:01 AM CDT for Crawford County, Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2000, 7:01 AM CDT (12:01 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2000, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Crawford County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 274 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 12:00Z on 2000-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1070 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 12:00Z on 2000-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 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
1070 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-309 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1437 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

436 
WUUS53 KLSX 241202
SVRSTL
MOC055-221-241300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
701 AM CDT WED MAY 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 701 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEASBURG..MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  POTOSI
  MINERAL POINT
  CALEDONIA
  IRONDALE
  SHIRLEY

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

LAT...LON 3817 9123 3803 9137 3773 9090 3774 9066
          3794 9065

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 4:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Moniteau32 min
May 24, 5:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway36 min
May 24, 5:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade, Osage52 min
May 24, 7:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Reynolds52 min
May 24, 7:47 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXIron28 min
May 24, 7:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison47 min
May 24, 8:12 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXIron18 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.