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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS St. Louis, MO

February 13, 2000Reynolds County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 13, 2000, 8:57 AM CST for Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2000, 8:57 AM CST (14:57 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2000, 9:30 AM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Reynolds County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 256 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 2000-02-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 12:00Z on 2000-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 526 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-274 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
526 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
574 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 131458
SVRSTL
MOC179-131530-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
857 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 930 AM CST

* AT 857 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR REYNOLDS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  REYNOLDS
  CENTERVILLE

THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS DAMAGING HAIL. LARGE HAIL CAN
CAUSE EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE AN SERIOUS INJURY TO PEOPLE CAUGHT
OUTDOORS. MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.

FGLASS/TRUETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 8:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington32 min
Feb 13, 8:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.