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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 26, 2000Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 26, 5:50 PM CSTHail 1Columbia, MO
Mar 26, 5:55 PM CSTHail 0.75Columbia, MO
Mar 26, 6:03 PM CSTHail 0.88Columbia, MO
Mar 26, 6:15 PM CSTTornado F1Centralia, MOA 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 CSTThunderstorm Wind 61 ECentralia, MOThunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a couple of outbuildings and downed trees and powerlines.
Mar 26, 6:25 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 61 EHallsville, MOThunderstorm 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.

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

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 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.
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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.

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, 4:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway58 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

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.