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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Springfield, MO

October 5, 2000St. Clair County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 2000, 12:37 AM CDT for St. Clair County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 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
Oct 5, 2000, 12:37 AM CDT (05:37 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2000, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County St. Clair County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2000-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 966 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 2000-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 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
966 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
914 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
529 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 050538
SVRSGF
MOC185-050600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1237 AM CDT THU OCT 5 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1229 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR APPLETON CITY MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THIS SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
  NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY...BUT WILL ALSO AFFECT LOWRY CITY BY 1245 AM

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW.

DSA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton31 min
Oct 5, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.