Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2000, 5:55 PM CDT for Audrain County, Ralls County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 4, 2000, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Audrain County, MO, Ralls County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Scotts Corner, MO | |
| Jun 4, 6:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Martinsburg, MO |
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 269 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLSX 042256 SVRSTL MOC007-173-042345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 555 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHERN RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 555 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PERRY..MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED... RUSH HILL LADDONIA FARBER MARTINSBURG VANDALIA 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 OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Moniteau | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole | 54 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.