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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 283, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 25, 2000Callaway County, Cole County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2000, 10:37 PM CDT for Callaway County, Cole County, Missouri. It was in force for 53 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 25, 2000, 10:37 PM CDT (03:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2000, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 11:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EHolts Summit, MOStorm spotters reported trees and power lines down in the Holts Summit area.

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
Jun 25, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 277 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 00:00Z on 2000-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1359 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2000-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
1359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1481 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 260339
SVRSTL
MOC007-027-051-260430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1037 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1037 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MEXICO TO CALIFORNIA
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  FULTON
  JEFFERSON CITY
  LADDONIA
  AUXVASSE

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 3936 9194 3899 9217 3866 9222 3843 9249
          3834 9221 3859 9201 3871 9166 3907 9166
          3916 9143 3932 9145

GKS/RP/MB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox41 min
Jun 25, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXShelby61 min
Jun 25, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe41 min
Jun 25, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Lewis58 min
Jun 25, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone62 min
Jun 25, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion43 min
Jun 25, 10:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMarion34 min
Jun 25, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau62 min
Jun 25, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain53 min
Jun 25, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike, Ralls40 min
Jun 25, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage47 min
Jun 25, 11:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike43 min
Jun 25, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery66 min
Jun 25, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade, Warren43 min
Jun 25, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln43 min
Jun 25, 11:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXLincoln, Pike46 min
Jun 26, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren61 min
Jun 26, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade61 min
Jun 26, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles65 min
Jun 26, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis65 min
Jun 26, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson41 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.