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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 25, 2004Crawford County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2004, 3:42 PM CDT for Crawford County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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 25, 2004, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2004, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crawford County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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 25, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 25, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 235 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1275 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 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
1275 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 252042
SVRLSX
MOC055-252115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
341 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 341 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES WEST OF CHERRYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
  45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHERRYVILLE

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND TREE 
DAMAGE IN PHELPS COUNTY.

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 3801 9165 3765 9164 3769 9117 3802 9108

$$

LENNING/PEDIGO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXShelby66 min
May 24, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXShelby46 min
May 24, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMarion65 min
May 24, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXShelby45 min
May 24, 9:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXShelby6 hr
May 24, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe24 min
May 24, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRalls40 min
May 24, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe49 min
May 24, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis48 min
May 24, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Shelby58 min
May 24, 10:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMarion60 min
May 24, 10:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMarion5 hr
May 24, 10:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXRalls25 min
May 24, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike39 min
May 24, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln39 min
May 24, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Osage, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren and 1 more62 min
May 25, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson47 min
May 25, 6:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade48 min
May 25, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery52 min
May 25, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles, Warren65 min
May 25, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles48 min
May 25, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis40 min
May 25, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade, Osage47 min
May 25, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis28 min
May 25, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Washington59 min
May 25, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois45 min
May 25, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXSainte Genevieve24 min
May 25, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade58 min
May 25, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron46 min
May 25, 4:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXJefferson3 hr
May 25, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison34 min

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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.