Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2003, 12:19 AM CST for Franklin County, Missouri. It was in force for 26 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 13, 2003, 12:19 AM CST (06:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2003, 12:45 AM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Franklin County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:18 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 13, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
231 WUUS53 KLSX 130619 SVRSTL MOC071-130645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1219 AM CST THU MAR 13 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 1245 AM CST * AT 1219 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF SULLIVAN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH... SULLIVAN PARKWAY ST. CLAIR LONEDELL 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 3835 9142 3818 9140 3821 9074 3843 9077 $$ CARNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 9:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Montgomery, Osage | 27 min |
| Mar 12, 10:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Warren | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 10:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 12:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Louis | 49 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.