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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 448, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 11, 2000Boone County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2000, 9:10 PM CDT for Boone County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 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
Sep 11, 2000, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Boone County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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
Sep 11, 9:13 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EColumbia, MO

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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 273 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2000-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1561 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2000-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
1561 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2128 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 120211
SVRSTL
MOC019-120300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
910 PM CDT MON SEP 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 910 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  MURRY
  COLUMBIA

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 3924 9242 3899 9255 3869 9226 3923 9212

SDT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox52 min
Sep 11, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Pike, Ralls58 min
Sep 11, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery43 min
Sep 11, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Warren66 min
Sep 11, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles39 min
Sep 11, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis59 min
Sep 12, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson59 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.