Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 305, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2000, 3:48 PM CDT for Monroe County, Saint Clair County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 min. 5 reports 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
- Jul 2, 2000, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2000, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Monroe County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 3:55 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Dupo, IL | |
| Jul 2, 3:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Dupo, IL | |
| Jul 2, 4:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Cahokia, IL | |
| Jul 2, 4:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Sauget, IL | |
| Jul 2, 4:07 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Centerville, IL |
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 nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 1260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
807
WUUS53 KLSX 022049
SVRSTL
ILC133-163-022130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
348 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
WESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 348 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
MILLSTADT
CAHOKIA
CENTREVILLE
EAST ST. LOUIS
BELLEVILLE
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS
CASEYVILLE
WASHINGTON PARK
SWANSEA
OFALLON
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 3852 9042 3836 9026 3826 8993 3823 8987
3866 8989 3865 9017 3852 9021
GKS/RP/MBThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison | 50 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.