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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 338, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 28, 2000Macoupin County, Madison County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2000, 3:52 AM CDT for Macoupin County, Madison County, Illinois. It was in force for 48 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
Jul 28, 2000, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2000, 4:40 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1924 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2000-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
1924 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

384 
WUUS53 KLSX 280852
SVRSTL
ILC117-119-280940-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
352 AM CDT FRI JUL 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS
  NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY ILLINOIS IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 440 AM CDT

* AT 350 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF STAUTON IN MACOUPIN COUNTY...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  LIVINGSTON
  STAUTON

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.


TPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 4:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMacoupin3 hr
Jul 28, 5:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.