Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 12, 2003Callaway County, Montgomery County, Osage County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2003, 9:33 PM CST for Callaway County, Montgomery County, Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 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 12, 2003, 9:33 PM CST (03:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2003, 10:00 PM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Callaway County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 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 12, 8:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 261 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 2003-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1109 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 2003-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
1109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1150 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 130333
SVRSTL
MOC027-139-151-130400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
934 PM CST WED MAR 12 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1000 PM CST

* AT 934 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAMOIS...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE DAMAGING
  HAIL.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  CHAMOIS

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 3862 9204 3848 9190 3870 9149 3887 9167

$$

CARNEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 10:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Warren52 min
Mar 12, 10:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Cole, Moniteau48 min
Mar 13, 12:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin26 min
Mar 13, 12:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Louis49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.