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Tornado Warning 33, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 25, 2000Marion County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2000, 10:11 PM CDT for Marion County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2000, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2000, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Marion County, MO

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 25, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 787 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
787 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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.

846 
WFUS53 KLSX 260311
TORSTL
MOC127-260345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1011 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1011 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER PHILADELPHIA...MOVING EAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  PALMYRA
  TAYLOR
  WARREN
  HANNIBAL
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER NOW A BASEMENT
OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION. IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE...MOVE TO
THE LOWEST FLOOR AND SEEK SHELTER IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. STAY AWAY
FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED IN
FAVOR OF A MORE SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO
IN A VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3993 9185 3968 9183 3970 9132 3996 9149

RP/MB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox41 min
Jun 25, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXShelby61 min
Jun 25, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe41 min
Jun 25, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Lewis58 min
Jun 25, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone62 min
Jun 25, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion43 min
Jun 25, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau62 min
Jun 25, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Cole53 min
Jun 25, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain53 min
Jun 25, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike, Ralls40 min
Jun 25, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage47 min
Jun 25, 11:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike43 min
Jun 25, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery66 min
Jun 25, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade, Warren43 min
Jun 25, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln43 min
Jun 25, 11:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXLincoln, Pike46 min
Jun 26, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren61 min
Jun 26, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade61 min
Jun 26, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles65 min
Jun 26, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis65 min
Jun 26, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson41 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.