Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2002, 1:31 AM CST for Moniteau County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2002, 1:31 AM CST (07:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2002, 2:15 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Moniteau County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 11:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 263 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 414 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KLSX 090731
SVRSTL
MOC007-019-051-135-090815-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
130 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 215 AM CST
* AT 130 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF STURGEON TO
17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIPTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE PRIMARY
THREAT FROM THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
STURGEON
MIDWAY
CLARKSBURG
JAMESTOWN
HALLSVILLE
COLUMBIA
CENTRALIA
MURRY
MCGIRK
HIGH POINT
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 3934 9240 3836 9309 3835 9229 3889 9215
3907 9211 3935 9172
TRUETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 12:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox | 47 min |
| Mar 9, 1:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Shelby | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 1:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 23 more | 285 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.