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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 23, 2000Pike County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2000, 7:31 PM CDT for Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 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 23, 2000, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2000, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Pike County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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 23, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 266 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 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.

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 240033
SVRSTL
MOC163-240115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
731 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 731 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  CYRENE
  EOLIA
  PAYNESVILLE
  CLARKSVILLE

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 3938 9146 3916 9144 3916 9121 3923 9120
          3923 9074 3931 9078 3939 9090b 3943 9101

GKS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike40 min
Jun 24, 1:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis4 hr
Jun 24, 2:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Montgomery, Warren3 hr
Jun 24, 5:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren, City of Saint Louis4 hr
Jun 24, 9:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLincoln, Montgomery, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren, City of Saint Louis4 hr
Jun 24, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis52 min
Jun 24, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCity of Saint Louis52 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.