Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2003, 12:09 PM CDT for Boone County, Missouri. It was in force for 66 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 8, 2003, 12:09 PM CDT (17:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2003, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Boone County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 279 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
- 41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -340 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 501 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 564 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
948 WUUS53 KLSX 081709 SVRLSX MOC019-081815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1209 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 115 PM CDT * AT 1209 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDWAY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HALLSVILLE STURGEON MURRY CENTRALIA THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...AND HAS DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN THE INTERIOR PORTION OF A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS 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 3925 9243 3899 9256 3891 9217 3924 9211 $$ BRITT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone | 51 min |
| May 8, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway | 45 min |
| May 8, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 47 min |
| May 8, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway | 53 min |
| May 8, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Warren | 41 min |
| May 8, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 39 min |
| May 8, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 62 min |
| May 8, 1:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren | 3 hr |
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.