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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 9, 2002Moniteau County, Missouri

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.

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

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2002-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 217 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 00:00Z on 2002-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 282 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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

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, 1:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Shelby45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.