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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 17, 2001Franklin County, Gasconade County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2001, 5:13 PM CDT for Franklin County, Gasconade County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 2001, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2001, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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 17, 5:13 PM CDTHail 0.75New Haven, MOThe Franklin County Sheriff office reported 3/4 inch hail west of New Haven.

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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 278 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2001-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1485 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2001-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 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 172214
SVRSTL
MOC071-073-172245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
513 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHEASTERN GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF NEW HAVEN...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  NEW HAVEN
  SWISS
  STONY HILL

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 3+858 9155 3844 9141 3860 9109 3869 9139

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone56 min
May 17, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBoone40 min
May 17, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade32 min
May 17, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone42 min
May 17, 5:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBoone2 hr
May 17, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway38 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.