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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 8, 2003Lincoln County, Pike County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2003, 1:28 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 62 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, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2003, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lincoln County, MO, Pike County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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
May 8, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 238 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2003-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2003-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 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.

399 
WUUS53 KLSX 081828
SVRLSX
MOC113-163-081930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
128 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 128 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES WEST OF CURRYVILLE TO 19
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW HARTFORD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW HARTFORD
  CURRYVILLE
  BOWLING GREEN
  DAVIS
  EOLIA
  LOUISIANA
  WINFIELD
  ELSBERRY

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 3936 9143 3899 9126 3897 9071 3923 9077
          3945 9106

$$

BRITT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 11:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone51 min
May 8, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway45 min
May 8, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone66 min
May 8, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery47 min
May 8, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway53 min
May 8, 12:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Warren41 min
May 8, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery39 min
May 8, 1:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.