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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 20, 2000Callaway County, Montgomery County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2000, 3:53 AM CDT for Callaway County, Montgomery County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min. 2 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
Apr 20, 2000, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2000, 4:40 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Callaway County, MO, Montgomery County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 20, 4:00 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 EFulton, MOThe sheriff department reported trees and power lines down in several areas of Fulton.
Apr 20, 4:10 AM CDTTornado F1Williamsburg, MOA small tornado struck a farm south of Williamsburg. One barn was completely destroyed as was a grain silo. Three outbuildings were also severely damaged.

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
Apr 19, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 288 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 2000-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1428 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 00:00Z on 2000-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
1428 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
12.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 200853
SVRSTL
MOC027-139-200940-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
353 AM CDT THU APR 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 440 AM CDT

* AT 350 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM FULTON TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  LINN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  KINGDOM CITY
  WILLIAMSBURG
  MONTGOMERY CITY
  NEW FLORENCE
  BIG SPRING



THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. MOVE QUICKLY TO A
STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS.



WDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike35 min
Apr 19, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery34 min
Apr 19, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike19 min
Apr 19, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike33 min
Apr 20, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Osage54 min
Apr 20, 3:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Gasconade52 min
Apr 20, 3:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Reynolds65 min
Apr 20, 4:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Warren63 min
Apr 20, 4:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington63 min
Apr 20, 4:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike64 min
Apr 20, 4:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis50 min
Apr 20, 4:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles50 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.