Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2000, 5:44 PM CST for Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 61 min. 6 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, 5:44 PM CST (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2000, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 5:50 PM CST | Hail 1 | Columbia, MO | |
| Mar 26, 5:55 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Columbia, MO | |
| Mar 26, 6:03 PM CST | Hail 0.88 | Columbia, MO | |
| Mar 26, 6:15 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Centralia, MO | A small tornado formed very quickly southwest of Centralia and caused damage for about a 1/4 mile. One home lost 1/2 of its roof, a large deck on another home was destroyed, windows were broken, outbuildings destroyed, and trees and powerlines downed. |
| Mar 26, 6:25 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 61 E | Centralia, MO | Thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a couple of outbuildings and downed trees and powerlines. |
| Mar 26, 6:25 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 61 E | Hallsville, MO | Thunderstorm wind gusts caused damage from Hallsville east along Old Highway 124 to Highway Z. About 6 homes suffered minor roof damage. Several outbuildings were destroyed, some farm equipment damaged, and a couple cars were also damaged. Trees and powerlin |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 4:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 268 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 262345 SVRSTL MOC019-027-270045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 544 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 645 PM CST * AT 542 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM TWO STORMS...ONE ALONG INTERSTATE 70 10 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA...AND ANOTHER 10 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA..MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED... KINGDOM CITY FULTON MILLERSBURG COLUMBIA SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DAMAGING HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OR YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. r THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PEDIGO/BRITT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole | 65 min |
| Mar 26, 2:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Osage | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 2:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Montgomery | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 3:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Osage | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 3:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis | 51 min |
| Mar 26, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Shelby | 65 min |
| Mar 26, 4:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 4:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Ralls | 52 min |
| Mar 26, 4:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway | 58 min |
| Mar 26, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Shelby | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 5:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Ralls | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 60 min |
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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.