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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 26, 2000Shelby County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2000, 3:45 PM CST for Shelby County, Missouri. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report 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
Mar 26, 2000, 3:45 PM CST (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2000, 4:50 PM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Shelby County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 26, 4:01 PM CSTHail 1Shelbina, MOThe county Sheriff reported 1 inch hail in Shelbina.

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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 242 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 12:00Z on 2000-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2000-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2204 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 262146
SVRSTL
MOC205-262250-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
345 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 450 PM CST

* AT 345 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR SHELBINA ... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  LAKENAN
  ENDEN
  HUNNEWELL LAKE



THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING HAIL. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.



WDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 2:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole65 min
Mar 26, 2:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway46 min
Mar 26, 2:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage48 min
Mar 26, 2:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery49 min
Mar 26, 3:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage39 min
Mar 26, 3:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis51 min
Mar 26, 4:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion55 min
Mar 26, 4:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRalls52 min
Mar 26, 4:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway58 min
Mar 26, 4:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Shelby50 min
Mar 26, 5:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRalls49 min
Mar 26, 5:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike60 min
Mar 26, 5:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.