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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 19, 2000Callaway County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2000, 4:29 PM CDT for Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 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 19, 2000, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Callaway County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 271 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 2000-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 431 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2000-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 378 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
431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-623 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
378 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
450 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 192130
SVRSTL
MOC027-192200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
429 PM CDT WED APR 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 427 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM ASHLAND TO RUSSELLVILLE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  HOLTS SUMMIT
  FULTON
  NEW BLOOMFIELD

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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

JPK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Moniteau46 min
Apr 19, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone32 min
Apr 19, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles30 min
Apr 19, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis46 min
Apr 19, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis33 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.