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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 26, 2004Crawford County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2004, 6:36 PM CDT for Crawford County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 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
May 26, 2004, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2004, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
39 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), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 7:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGCuba, MOTREES DOWN HWY O AT HWY 19. TREES DOWN AT OAK HILL AND HWY 19.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 248 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 2004-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1235 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 2004-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 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
1235 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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

507 
WUUS53 KLSX 262336
SVRLSX
MOC055-270015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
635 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 635 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF CUBA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
  THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE DAMAGING HAIL.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CUBA
  LEASBURG
  BOURBON

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 3819 9172 3801 9171 3802 9128 3802 9109
          3824 9110

$$
RP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve41 min
May 26, 7:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Montgomery, Pike46 min
May 26, 8:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade46 min
May 26, 8:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage44 min
May 26, 8:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis50 min
May 26, 8:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson39 min
May 26, 9:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois39 min
May 26, 11:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade49 min
May 26, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Washington44 min
May 26, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve50 min
May 26, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Madison, Saint Francois64 min
May 26, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis24 min
May 26, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis14 min
May 26, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Cole, Osage46 min
May 26, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln46 min
May 26, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery, Warren49 min
May 26, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike26 min
May 26, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis45 min
May 26, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis50 min
May 26, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCrawford44 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.