Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 10, 20035 counties in Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2003, 5:12 AM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 48 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
Jun 10, 2003, 5:12 AM CDT (10:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2003, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Osage County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 236 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 2003-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 290 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
290 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

329 
WUUS53 KLSX 101012
SVRLSX
MOC019-027-051-135-151-101100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
508 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 508 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER RUSSELLVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
  STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 
  60 MPH IN CALIFORNIA AROUND 5 AM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ST. THOMAS
  JEFFERSON CITY
  NEW BLOOMFIELD

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 3897 9249 3855 9285 3843 9258 3827 9194
          3829 9167 3892 9165

$$
GKS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Osage43 min
Jun 10, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway38 min
Jun 10, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade47 min
Jun 10, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery, Osage43 min
Jun 10, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford44 min
Jun 10, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWarren38 min
Jun 10, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCrawford38 min
Jun 10, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington62 min
Jun 10, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles44 min
Jun 10, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Francois48 min
Jun 10, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis48 min
Jun 10, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve42 min
Jun 10, 6:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren, City of Saint Louis4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.