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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 7, 2000Washington County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2000, 2:34 PM CDT for Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2000, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2000, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 7, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 284 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 12:00Z on 2000-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 717 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 12:00Z on 2000-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 322 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
717 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
867 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
320 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 071934
SVRSTL
MOC221-072030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
234 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 232 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHERRYVILLE... MOVING
  EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  SHIRLEY
  POTOSI



THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING HAIL. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.



GKS/RP/FG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis46 min
Apr 7, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles59 min
Apr 7, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis47 min
Apr 7, 5:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Warren46 min
Apr 7, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford55 min
Apr 7, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson51 min
Apr 7, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Francois, Washington46 min
Apr 7, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.