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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 14, 2001Lewis County, Marion County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2001, 2:28 AM CDT for Lewis County, Marion County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports 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
May 14, 2001, 2:28 AM CDT (07:28 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2001, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Lewis County, MO, Marion County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:27 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
May 14, 3:10 AM CDTHail 1Lewistown, MOStorm spotters reported 1 inch hail in Lewistown.
May 14, 3:10 AM CDTHail 1Philadelphia, MOStorm spotters reported 1 inch hail in the Philadelphia area.

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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 208 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°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.

880 
WUUS53 KLSX 140729
SVRSTL
MOC111-127-140815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
228 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
  NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 228 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EWING...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  MAYWOOD

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 4013 9196 3980 9181 3980 9141 4013 9152

$$

LENNING

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 13, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXShelby47 min
May 14, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXShelby49 min
May 14, 3:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis, Marion46 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.