Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2000, 4:05 PM CDT for Knox County, Lewis County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 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 23, 2000, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2000, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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 23, 4:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 E | Monticello, MO | The County Sheriff reported trees down blocking the intersection of Highway M and A. |
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 23, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 2264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 232106 SVRSTL MOC103-111-232145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 405 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... KNOX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EDINA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH... KNOX CITY LA BELLE COLONY LEWISTOWN CANTON LA GRANGE 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. 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 4030 9229 3997 9227 3995 9147 4026 9152 RP/MB
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 59 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.