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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 21, 2003Crawford County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2003, 5:26 PM CDT for Crawford County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 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
Aug 21, 2003, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2003, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crawford County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 247 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 12:00Z on 2003-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1352 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 12:00Z on 2003-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 212226
SVRLSX
MOC055-212315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
526 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CUBA...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CUBA
  STEELVILLE
  CHERRYVILLE

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.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT
TAKE COVER UNDERNEATH TREES IF BOATING...GET OFF OF THE WATER AND
MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER NOW IF CAMPING...ABANDON TENTS FOR A STURDY
STRUCTURE. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...CREEK BEDS...AND LOW WATER
CROSSINGS AS THESE CAN FLOOD QUICKY.

LAT...LON 3821 9138 3817 9154 3779 9152 3786 9122

$$

BRITT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade23 min
Aug 21, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade44 min
Aug 21, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage47 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.