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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 22, 2004Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2004, 9:07 PM CDT for Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report 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
Apr 22, 2004, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sainte Genevieve County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 22, 9:19 PM CDTHAIL 1.751 Sw Weingarten, MOREPORTED NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 32 AND LAKES GENEVIEVE RD

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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 285 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 00:00Z on 2004-04-23Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 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.

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 230207
SVRLSX
MOC186-230300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
908 PM CDT THU APR 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 908 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCKY RIDGE...MOVING EAST
  AT 40 MPH. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE DAMAGING
  HAIL.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WEINGARTEN
  ROCKY RIDGE
  STE. GENEVIEVE

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 3794 9040 3783 9040 3777 9004 3795 8997
          3812 9026

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford52 min
Apr 22, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.