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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 7, 2000Madison County, Saint Clair County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2000, 12:07 AM CDT for Madison County, Saint Clair County, Illinois. It was in force for 53 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2000, 12:07 AM CDT (05:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2000, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Madison County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:16 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 7, 12:18 AM CDTHail 0.75Fairmont City, IL
Apr 7, 12:20 AM CDTHail 1.75Fairmont City, 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 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2000-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2000-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2331 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 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 070507
SVRSTL
ILC119-163-070600-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1207 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MADISON COUNTY ILLINOIS IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS
  NORTHERN ST CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1205 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ST LOUIS CITY... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  EAST ST LOUIS
  COLLINSVILLE
  WASHINGTON PARK
  BROOKLYN
  TROY



THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING HAIL. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.



GKS/MB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 7:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJersey34 min
Apr 7, 7:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Madison46 min
Apr 7, 8:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery50 min
Apr 7, 8:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette48 min
Apr 7, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Clair55 min
Apr 7, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton62 min
Apr 7, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington55 min
Apr 7, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe54 min
Apr 7, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion50 min
Apr 7, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRandolph, Saint Clair47 min
Apr 7, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton, Washington37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.