Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2001, 12:35 PM CDT for Cole County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 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
- Apr 3, 2001, 12:35 PM CDT (17:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2001, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Cole County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 1171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLSX 031736 SVRSTL MOC051-031815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1235 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 115 PM CDT * AT 1235 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HICKORY HILL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH... ST. THOMAS HICKORY HILL HENLEY THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE HAIL 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. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THAT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE OF A STURDY BUILDING NOW LAT...LON 3851 9247 3835 9241 3834 9218 3848 9215 $$ RP/JK
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 12:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Moniteau | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Osage | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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.