Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2003, 7:25 PM CDT for Sainte Genevieve County, Saint Francois County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 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
- May 6, 2003, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2003, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 293 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
- 208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
346
WUUS53 KLSX 070025
SVRLSX
MOC186-187-070115-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
726 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 726 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF BONNE TERRE...MOVING EAST AT 55
MPH. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 80 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FARMINGTON
ROCKY RIDGE
WEINGARTEN
COFFMAN
THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN PRODUCE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE...AT TIMES THE DAMAGE
CAN BE SIMILAR TO THAT OF A TORNADO. MOVE QUICKLY TO THE INTERIOR
PORTION OF A STURDY SHELTER...AND STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND
WINDOWS
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.
LAT...LON 3803 9066 3767 9065 3765 9017 3788 8997
3814 9025 3804 9044
$$
TES/RPThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 44 min |
| May 6, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson | 59 min |
| May 6, 7:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin | 3 hr |
| May 6, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 52 min |
| May 6, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 4 hr |
| May 6, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 45 min |
| May 6, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison, Saint Francois | 38 min |
| May 6, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison, Reynolds | 59 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.