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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 20, 2000Bond County, Montgomery County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2000, 9:54 PM CDT for Bond County, Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2000, 9:54 PM CDT (02:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2000, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bond County, IL, Montgomery County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

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

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 210255
SVRSTL
ILC005-135-210345-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  NORTHERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 954 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LITCHFIELD...MOVING EAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  GOVERNOR BOND LAKE
  RENO
  PANAMA
  WASHVILLE
  SORENTO
  LITCHFIELD
  TAYLOR SPRINGS
  HILLSBORO
  COFFEEN

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.

LAT...LON 3929 8973 3905 8971 3895 8963 3894 8927
          3929 8927

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams41 min
Jun 20, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJersey47 min
Jun 20, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison61 min
Jun 20, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin25 min
Jun 20, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Saint Clair47 min
Jun 20, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.