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Tornado Warning 35, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 25, 2000Pike County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2000, 11:17 PM CDT for Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 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, 11:17 PM CDT (04:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2000, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Pike 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, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 243 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2000-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 752 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2000-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
752 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1190 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 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 
WFUS53 KLSX 260416
TORSTL
MOC163-260500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1117 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER CURRYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  ST. CLEMENT
  BOWLING GREEN
  FRANKFORD
  CYRENE
  LOUISIANA
  ASHBURN

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 3940 9147 3919 9134 3934 9086 3960 9120

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, 10:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMarion34 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, 11:24 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.