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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 343, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 6, 2000Adams County, Illinois; Lewis County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2000, 6:07 AM CDT for Adams County, Illinois; Lewis County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 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
Aug 6, 2000, 6:07 AM CDT (11:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2000, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Adams County, IL, Lewis County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 6, 6:09 AM CDTHail 1La Grange, MOStorm spotters reported 1 inch hail.

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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1252 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 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
1252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
7.2

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The text

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

766 
WUUS53 KLSX 061108
SVRSTL
ILC001-MOC111-061145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
607 AM CDT SUN AUG 6 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
  NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT

* AT 607 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LA GRANGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  QUINCY
  MENDON
  CAMP POINT
  GOLDEN

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 4010 9165 3992 9164 3991 9092 4016 9093

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams30 min
Aug 6, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams46 min
Aug 6, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette52 min
Aug 6, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison, Saint Clair47 min
Aug 6, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Clinton, Fayette34 min
Aug 6, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.