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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 19, 2005Callaway County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2005, 6:18 PM CDT for Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 72 min. 3 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
Sep 19, 2005, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
72 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Callaway County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Sep 19, 6:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGFulton, MOSEVERAL LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN.
Sep 19, 7:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 E Fulton, MOSEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS AND TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN.
Sep 19, 7:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Portland, MOSEVERAL LARGE TREES AND TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN AND WERE BLOCKING HIGHWAY D.

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
Sep 19, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 261 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 2005-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 771 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 12:00Z on 2005-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
771 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-346 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 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 192318
SVRLSX
MOC027-200030-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0261.050919T2318Z-050920T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
618 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17
  MILES WEST OF FULTON...OR ABOUT NEAR COLUMBIA...AND MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AUXVASSE
  SHAMROCK
  WILLIAMSBURG

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3860 9216 3864 9220 3869 9218 3872 9220
      3876 9215 3883 9213 3890 9217 3906 9213
      3906 9166 3906 9166 3872 9166 3870 9182
      3858 9202

$$

CVKING
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLSX 192344
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
644 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

MOC027-200030-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-050920T0030Z/
CALLAWAY MO-
644 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
CALLAWAY COUNTY...

AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH 6 MILES WEST OF GUTHRIE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
CARRINGTON...FULTON...STEEDMAN...MOKANE AND REFORM.

LAT...LON 3860 9216 3864 9220 3869 9218 3872 9220
      3876 9215 3883 9213 3890 9217 3906 9213
      3906 9166 3906 9166 3872 9166 3870 9182
      3858 9202

$$

CVKING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Shelby47 min
Sep 19, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis34 min
Sep 19, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion52 min
Sep 19, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone68 min
Sep 19, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRalls18 min
Sep 19, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau72 min
Sep 19, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMoniteau30 min
Sep 19, 6:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBoone114 min
Sep 19, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole52 min
Sep 19, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau37 min
Sep 19, 6:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery3 hr
Sep 19, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage30 min
Sep 19, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCallaway28 min
Sep 19, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMontgomery46 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.