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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 14, 2000Fayette County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2000, 12:55 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 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 14, 2000, 12:55 PM CDT (17:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2000, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Fayette County, IL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 14, 1:15 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 53 E	Vandalia, IL	Local law enforcement reported scattered trees and power lines down.
Jun 14, 1:25 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide, IL	Several trees were blown down countywide, as well as power lines and tree limbs. One mile north of Stewardson, a shed was destroyed.
Jun 14, 1:45 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 M	Beecher City, IL	Several trees were blown down in the Beecher City area.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 14, 12:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1239 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 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.

159 
WUUS53 KLSX 141755
SVRSTL
ILC051-141845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1255 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 1255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULBERRY GROVE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  MULBERRY GROVE
  SHOBONIER
  VANDALIA
  BROWNSTOWN
  RAMSEY
  ST. ELMO
  WRIGHTS CORNER

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 3893 8929 3875 8929 3874 8915 3883 8915
          3885 8872 3922 8858 3942 8880 3922 8926

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 12:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington	43 min
Jun 14, 12:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	40 min
Jun 14, 12:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Madison	38 min
Jun 14, 12:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	51 min
Jun 14, 12:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph	41 min
Jun 14, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	52 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.