Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2004, 7:54 PM CDT for Audrain County, Callaway County, Montgomery County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2004, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Audrain County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Montgomery County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wellsville, MO | TREES UPROOTED. |
| May 31, 8:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wellsville, MO | TREES UPROOTED. |
| May 31, 8:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wellsville, MO | TREES UPROOTED. |
| May 31, 8:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wellsville, MO | TREES UPROOTED. |
| May 31, 8:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wellsville, MO | TREES UPROOTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 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
- 231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
068 WUUS53 KLSX 010054 SVRLSX MOC007-027-139-010130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 753 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHEAST CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LADDONIA TO FULTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGH WINDS HAVE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES IN MEXICO AT 745 PM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FARBER MARTINSBURG VANDALIA WILLIAMSBURG WELLSVILLE SHAMROCK MINEOLA 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 3935 9181 3878 9208 3876 9162 3931 9139 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 26 min |
| May 31, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren | 59 min |
| May 31, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 44 min |
| May 31, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Warren | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.