Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2000, 2:59 PM CDT for Crawford County, Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 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 16, 2000, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2000, 3:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 267 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLSX 162005 SVRSTL MOC221-162050- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 259 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 350 PM CDT * AT 258 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHEAST OF ANTHONIES MILLS... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED... OLD MINES RICHWOODS THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS DAMAGING HAIL. LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE AN SERIOUS INJURY TVO PEOPLE CAUGHT OUTDOORS. MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. GKS/ST
1 follow-up statement
000 WUUS53 KLSX 161959 RRA SVRSTL MOC055-162050- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 259 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 350 PM CDT * AT 258 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHEAST OF ANTHONIES MILLS... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED... OLD MINES RICHWOODS THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS DAMAGING HAIL. LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE AN SERIOUS INJURY TO PEOPLE CAUGHT< OUTDOORS. MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. GKS/ST
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Warren | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Ralls | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Warren | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.