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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 26, 2004Audrain County, Boone County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2004, 12:34 AM CDT for Audrain County, Boone County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 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
Aug 26, 2004, 12:34 AM CDT (05:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2004, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 296 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2004-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2692 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2004-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2692 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
9.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 260534
SVRLSX
MOC007-019-260615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1234 AM CDT THU AUG 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1234 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER STURGEON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CENTRALIA
  MEXICO
  HALLSVILLE
  THOMPSON  

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 3934 9230 3919 9242 3908 9231 3909 9183
      3934 9188

$$
GKS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington41 min
Aug 25, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Francois40 min
Aug 26, 1:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Boone4 hr
Aug 26, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain37 min
Aug 26, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles53 min
Aug 26, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Warren36 min
Aug 26, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles51 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.