Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS St. Louis, MO
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 1:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 51 E | Bourbon, MO | The 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Osage | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 4:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Boone | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole, Osage | 40 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.