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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 4, 2000Audrain County, Boone County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2000, 5:35 PM CDT for Audrain County, Boone County, Missouri. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2000, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2000, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 6:10 PM CDTHail 1Hallsville, MOStorm spotters reported 1 inch hail.

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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 294 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 2000-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 83 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 2000-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
83 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-292 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 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 
WUUS53 KLSX 042236
SVRSTL
MOC007-019-042330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
535 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 534 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS.  ONE WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF STURGEON.  THE 
  SECOND WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA.  BOTH STORMS WERE 
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  HALLSVILLE
  CENTRALIA
  THOMPSON
  MEXICO
  COLUMBIA
  ASHLAND
  
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.

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 ORe SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

LAT...LON 3935 9241 3918 9248 3898 9216 3926 9154

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe47 min
Jun 4, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike43 min
Jun 4, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Ralls50 min
Jun 4, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Moniteau50 min
Jun 4, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMontgomery30 min
Jun 4, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Cole54 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.