Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

May 26, 2000, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS St. Louis, MO

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Boone County, MO

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MOC019-270330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 941 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF HARRISBURG..MOVING EAST AT 75 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  HARRISBURG
  STURGEON
  HALLSVILLE
  MIDWAY

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WINDS FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN
PRODUCE DAMAGE SIMILAR TO THAT OF A TORNADO...AND VERY LARGE HAIL CAN
CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SEVERE PROPERTY DAMAGE. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS...AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

LAT...LON 3925 9243 3894 9256 3888 9217 3924 9209

NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 3:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
330 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

FIRST ROUND OF CONVECTION SHOULD BE MOVG N AND E OF THE CWFA BY 00Z
SAT...ASSOCIATED WITH 850 MB CNVG AHD OF 30-40 KT SWLY JET...AND AHD
OF SHRTWV TROF MOVG NEWD THRU SERN NEBRASKA.  WRMFNT EXTDG FM W
CNTRL MO SE THRU EXTRM SERN MO WL MOV NWD AND BE THE FOCUS FOR MORE
CONVECTION LTR TGT OVR NRN AND CNTRL MO...ALNG WITH CONVECTIVE
BOUNDARIES FM MRNG AND AFTN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY.  AVN MDL HAS
BEST 850 MB MOISTURE CNVG AND WAA NE OF CWFA TGT...ALTHOUGH ETA
MDL HAS VEERING LLJ FURTHER S WITH 850 MB CNVG OVR CNTRL AND
SERN MO LT TGT.  WL PLACE THE HIGHEST POPS OVR NRN PTN OF CWFA ALNG
AND N OF WRMFNT...WITH MORE SCT CONVECTION EXPECTED FURTHER S ALNG
OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE.  MOST
OF THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE LTR TGT WITH PARTIAL CLRG THIS EVNG FM
THE SW TO THE NE S OF WRMFNT.  TEMPS SHOULD NOT DROP MUCH TGT...WL
LIKELY RISE A FEW DGRS IN NERN PTN OF CWFA WITH SFC DWPTS RISING INTO
THE MID-UPR 60S ALNG WRMFNT.  AVN MDL STILL LOOKS A LTL QUICK WITH
CDFNT DROPPING SEWD THRU AREA ON SAT AND SAT NGT...AND PREFER THE
SLOWER ETA TIMING.  WL ALSO LEAN CLOSER TO THE WRMR FWC TEMPS ON SAT.

.STL...NONE
GKS

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.