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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 19, 2001Crawford County, Washington County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2001, 1:00 PM CDT for Crawford County, Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 2001, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2001, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Crawford County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 19, 1:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 51 EBourbon, MOThe Crawford County Sheriff reported 60 mph wind gusts along Interstate 44 near Bourbon.

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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 257 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 12:00Z on 2001-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1718 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2001-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
1718 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 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 
WUUS53 KLSX 191801
SVRSTL

MOC055-221-191845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
100 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER RICHWOODS...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. THE 
PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 3779 9152 3774 9064 3821 9080 3822 9156f

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington43 min
Jul 19, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage28 min
Jul 19, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone47 min
Jul 19, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway51 min
Jul 19, 4:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBoone6 hr
Jul 19, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Osage40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.