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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 26, 2000Audrain County, Callaway County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2000, 4:32 PM CST for Audrain County, Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 58 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
Mar 26, 2000, 4:32 PM CST (22:32 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2000, 5:30 PM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Audrain County, MO, Callaway County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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
Mar 26, 5:25 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 60 EMexico, MO
Mar 26, 5:30 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 60 ERush Hill, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 26, 4:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 290 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2000-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2000-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-239 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1224 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 262234
SVRSTL
MOC007-027-262330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
432 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 530 PM CST

* AT 430 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEXICO... MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  RURAL COMMUNITIES SOUTH OF MEXICO
  AUXVASSE

THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS DAMAGING HAIL. LARGE HAIL CAN
CAUSE EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE AN SERIOUS INJURY TO PEOPLE CAUGHT
OUTDOORS. MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.

PEDIGO/BRITT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 2:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole65 min
Mar 26, 2:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway46 min
Mar 26, 2:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage48 min
Mar 26, 2:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery49 min
Mar 26, 3:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage39 min
Mar 26, 3:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis51 min
Mar 26, 3:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXShelby65 min
Mar 26, 4:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion55 min
Mar 26, 4:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRalls52 min
Mar 26, 4:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Shelby50 min
Mar 26, 5:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRalls49 min
Mar 26, 5:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike60 min
Mar 26, 5:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway61 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.