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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 362, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 7, 2000Adams County, Calhoun County, Pike County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2000, 6:46 PM CDT for Adams County, Calhoun County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 59 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
Aug 7, 2000, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2000, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Adams County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Pike County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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
Aug 7, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 2000-08-07Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2000-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1267 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 072347
SVRSTL
ILC001-013-149-MOC113-080045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
646 PM CDT MON AUG 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 646 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DAVIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  ELSBERRY
  SILEX
  HARDIN
  PITTSFIELD
  PLEASANT HILL  

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

LAT...LON 3978 9140 3947 9106 3924 9073 3922 9117
          3898 9128 3891 9100 3893 9075 3912 9070
          3914 9065 3983 9061

GKS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette51 min
Aug 7, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Fayette47 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.