Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2000, 7:24 PM CDT for Franklin County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 min. 3 reports 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, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2000, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Franklin County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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, 7:30 PM CDT | Hail 1 | New Haven, MO | The County Sheriff reported 1 inch hail south of New Haven. |
| Jun 4, 7:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Union, MO | |
| Jun 4, 7:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Union, 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 284 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
- 956 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 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 050026 SVRSTL MOC071-050115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 724 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 724 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF NEW HAVEN..MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED... WASHINGTON UNION MOSELLE VILLA RIDGE GRAY SUMMIT CATAWISSA 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 3865 9138 3838 9138 3833 9077 3858 9076 RP
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Osage | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 39 min |
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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.