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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 422, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 23, 2000Bond County, Fayette County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2000, 9:43 PM CDT for Bond County, Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 62 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 23, 2000, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2000, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bond County, IL, Fayette County, IL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 23, 9:47 PM CDTHail 1.75Fillmore, 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2000-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1082 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 2000-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
1082 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 240246
SVRSTL
ILC005-051-240345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
943 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 943 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF WOBURN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  WOBURN
  MULBERRY GROVE
  VANDALIA
  SHOBONIER
  SMITHBORO
  PITTSBURG
  SHOBONIER

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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

LAT...LON 3917 8921 3902 8942 3874 8931 3884 8885

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery50 min
Aug 23, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMontgomery46 min
Aug 23, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMontgomery31 min
Aug 23, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery56 min
Aug 23, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison47 min
Aug 23, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Montgomery59 min
Aug 23, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun54 min
Aug 23, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin62 min
Aug 23, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJersey39 min
Aug 24, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette, Marion66 min
Aug 24, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Saint Clair49 min
Aug 24, 12:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBond, Fayette, Macoupin, Marion, Montgomery6 hr

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.