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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 458, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 11, 2000Madison County, Illinois; Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2000, 11:16 PM CDT for Madison County, Illinois; Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri. It was in force for 59 min. 5 reports 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
Sep 11, 2000, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2000, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Madison County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO, Saint Louis County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 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, 11:22 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56 EChesterfield, MO
Sep 11, 11:35 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56 EJennings, MOStorm spotters reported trees and power lines down in west and north St. Louis County.
Sep 11, 11:43 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56 EGodfrey, IL
Sep 11, 11:48 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56 EMadison, IL
Sep 11, 11:48 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56 EAffton, MOAmateur radio spotters reported trees and power lines down in the Affton area of south St. Louis County.

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
Sep 11, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2000-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3019 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 2000-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
3019 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1421 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 120417
SVRSTL
ILC119-MOC189-510-120515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1116 PM CDT MON SEP 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM GODFREY TO WILDWOOD...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  BERKELEY
  CREVE COEUR
  FLORISSANT
  MANCHESTER
  ALTON
  BEL-RIDGE
  BLACK JACK
  COOL VALLEY
  BEVERLY HILLS
  FENTON

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams, Brown65 min
Sep 11, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike58 min
Sep 11, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun66 min
Sep 11, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGreene58 min
Sep 11, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJersey39 min
Sep 11, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin52 min
Sep 12, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Saint Clair59 min
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, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery43 min
Sep 11, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Warren66 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.