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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 26, 2000Washington County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2000, 8:18 PM CDT for Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 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 26, 2000, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 285 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 2000-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1527 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 2000-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 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
1527 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1270 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
10.2

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The text

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

786 
WUUS53 KLSX 270120
SVRSTL
MOC221-270200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
818 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 818 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANTHONIES MILL..MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  ANTHONIES MILL
  RICHWOODS

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 3820 9110 3786 9111 3813 9069 3821 9079

PEDIGO/BRITT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford42 min
May 26, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Shelby50 min
May 26, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain50 min
May 26, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox43 min
May 26, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone49 min
May 26, 9:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMonroe37 min
May 26, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Marion, Ralls49 min
May 26, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis49 min
May 26, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway43 min
May 26, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain27 min
May 26, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike38 min
May 26, 10:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike26 min
May 27, 12:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage6 hr

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.