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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 25, 2001Knox County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2001, 12:17 AM CDT for Knox County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 25, 2001, 12:17 AM CDT (05:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2001, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Knox County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 208 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 24, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jul 25, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 216 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2001-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3214 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2001-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 250518
SVRSTL

MOC103-250600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1217 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KNOX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1217 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF EDINA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  PLEVNA

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.

THE PRIMARY THREAT POSED BY THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. MOVE
QUICKLY TO THE INTERIOR PORTION OF A STURDY SHELTER...AND STAY AWAY
FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4031 9235 3997 9234 3995 9197 4028 9197

RP/DB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXShelby47 min
Jul 25, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe38 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.