Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 9, 2002Monroe County, Shelby County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2002, 1:15 AM CST for Monroe County, Shelby County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2002, 1:15 AM CST (07:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2002, 2:00 AM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Monroe County, MO, Shelby County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 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
Mar 9, 1:45 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 55 EClarence, MO
Mar 9, 1:50 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 55 EShelbina, MO

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 8, 11:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 258 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 2002-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 184 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2002-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 090715
SVRSTL
MOC137-205-090800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
115 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 AM CST

* AT 115 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF CLARENCE TO 13
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THE PRIMARY
  THREAT FROM THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  WOODLAWN
  MAUD
  CLARENCE
  MADISON
  SHELBYVILLE
  SHELBINA
  GRANVILLE
  PARIS

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 3995 9243 3932 9244 3933 9185 3995 9189

TRUETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 12:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox47 min
Mar 9, 1:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau44 min
Mar 9, 1:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 23 more285 days

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.