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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 406, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 17, 2000Bond County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2000, 10:46 PM CDT for Bond County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 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 17, 2000, 10:46 PM CDT (03:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2000, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Bond County, IL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 17, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2000-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4438 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 00:00Z on 2000-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
4438 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1011 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.1
Supercell composite
18.2

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The text

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

545 
WUUS53 KLSX 180348
SVRSTL
ILC005-180430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1046 PM CDT THU AUG 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1046 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF POCAHONTAS...MOVING EAST   
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  GREENVILLE
  RENO
  WOBURN
  POCAHONTAS
  PIERRON
  DUDLEYVILLE

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 3898 8965 3874 8957 3875 8928 3903 8926

GKS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Clair41 min
Aug 17, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton40 min
Aug 17, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette, Montgomery47 min
Aug 17, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison46 min
Aug 17, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Clair51 min
Aug 17, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond47 min
Aug 17, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison45 min
Aug 17, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton, Marion47 min
Aug 17, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison, Saint Clair40 min
Aug 17, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton50 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.