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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 319, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 5, 2000Pike County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2000, 4:12 PM CDT for Pike County, Illinois. 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2000, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2000, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Pike County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 5, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 153 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2000-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
153 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 052114
SVRSTL
ILC149-052145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
412 PM CDT WED JUL 5 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF GRIGGSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* TOWNS IN THE PATH INCLUDE...
  GRIGGSVILLE
  VALLEY CITY
  DETROIT
  MILTON   

THE PRIMARY THREAT POSED BY THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. MOVE
QUICKLY TO THE INTERIOR PORTION OF A STURDY SHELTER...ANDD STAY AWAY
FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3988 9085 3976 9100 3958 9059 3982 9058

JPK/RP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams35 min
Jul 5, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBrown40 min
Jul 5, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery42 min
Jul 5, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery29 min
Jul 5, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette29 min
Jul 5, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.