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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 452, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 11, 2000Callaway County, Montgomery County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2000, 9:47 PM CDT for Callaway County, Montgomery County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports 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, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Callaway County, MO, Montgomery County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 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
Sep 11, 10:14 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56 EWellsville, MOThe County Sheriff reported trees and power lines down in the Wellsville area.
Sep 11, 10:29 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56 EMillersburg, MOThe County Sheriff reported trees down along Route J.

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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 283 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 120247
SVRSTL
MOC027-139-120330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WELLSVILLE
  TO NEW BLOOMFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  WELLSVILLE
  WILLIAMSBURG
  BUELL
  MONTGOMERY CITY
  MINEOLA
  BELLFLOWER
  NEW FLORENCE
  BIG SPRING

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 3904 9210 3864 9220 3872 9147 3915 9128

LENNING

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, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone50 min
Sep 11, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Pike, Ralls58 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.