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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 20, 2000Lincoln County, Warren County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2000, 8:14 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Warren County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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 20, 2000, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Lincoln County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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
Jun 20, 8:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EWarrenton, MOThe County Sheriff reported trees down blocking some roads in Warrenton.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 20, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 20, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 267 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2000-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 831 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2000-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 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
831 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
15.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 210115
SVRSTL
MOC113-219-210200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
814 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 814 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARRENTON...MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  TRUESDALE
  WARRENTON
  WRIGHT CITY
  TROY  

THE PRIMARY THREAT POSED BY THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. MOVE
QUICKLY TO THE INTERIOR PORTION OF A STURDY SHELTER...AND STAY AWAY
FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.

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 SM|ALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

LAT...LON 3887 9138 3869 9135 3867 9096 3905 9096

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Osage42 min
Jun 20, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade35 min
Jun 20, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage42 min
Jun 20, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis61 min
Jun 20, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles61 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.