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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 409, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 22, 2000Knox County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2000, 7:27 PM CDT for Knox County, Missouri. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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
Aug 22, 2000, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Knox County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 203 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 22, 8:05 PM CDTHail 1.5Knox City, MOStorm spotters reported 1 1/2 inch hail south of Knox City.

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 22, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 2000-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1783 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 2000-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
1783 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
894 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
9.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 230030
SVRSTL
MOC103-230130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
727 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KNOX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 727 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF EDINA...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  EDINA
  KNOX CITY
  HURDLAND
  BARING

THIS STORM PRODUCED ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL IN KIRKSVILLE.

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 4030 9235 4005m 9234 3995 9198 4027 9197

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis62 min
Aug 22, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Shelby57 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.