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Tornado Warning 36, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 25, 2000Lincoln County, Pike County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2000, 11:59 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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: Jun 25, 2000, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2000, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, MO, Pike County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 26, 12:19 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Troy, MO	Local law enforcement reported power lines down.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 25, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 236 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 260459
TORSTL
MOC113-163-260545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1159 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  EASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1159 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER SILEX...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  NEW HOPE
  PAYNESVILLE
  ANNADA
  ELSBERRY

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 3922 9121 3899 912G0 3897 9069 3923 9072
          3941 9093 3959 9122

FG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Knox	41 min
Jun 25, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Shelby	61 min
Jun 25, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe	41 min
Jun 25, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Knox, Lewis	58 min
Jun 25, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain, Boone	62 min
Jun 25, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	43 min
Jun 25, 10:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Marion	34 min
Jun 25, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Moniteau	62 min
Jun 25, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Callaway, Cole	53 min
Jun 25, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain	53 min
Jun 25, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike, Ralls	40 min
Jun 25, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Osage	47 min
Jun 25, 11:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Pike	43 min
Jun 25, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	66 min
Jun 25, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Gasconade, Warren	43 min
Jun 25, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln	43 min
Jun 26, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren	61 min
Jun 26, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Gasconade	61 min
Jun 26, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles	65 min
Jun 26, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Louis	65 min
Jun 26, 1:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson	41 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.