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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 13, 2001Shelby County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2001, 11:28 PM CDT for Shelby County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 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
May 13, 2001, 11:28 PM CDT (04:28 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2001, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Shelby County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 2001-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2001-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 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 140430
SVRSTL

MOC205-140515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1128 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1128 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BETHEL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  BETHEL
  SHELBYVILLE
  EMDEN

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 3996 9195 3995 9220 3982 9216 3982 9184

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 10:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXKnox, Lewis4 hr
May 13, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox40 min
May 13, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox47 min
May 14, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXShelby49 min
May 14, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis, Marion47 min
May 14, 3:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis, Marion46 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.