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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 11, 2005Callaway County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2005, 3:02 PM CDT for Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 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 11, 2005, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2005, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
43 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), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 11, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 266 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 2005-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1362 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 2005-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1007 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 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 112004
SVRLSX
MOC027-112045-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0071.050511T2002Z-050511T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
302 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW
  BLOOMFIELD...OR ABOUT NEAR HOLTS SUMMIT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST 
  AT 15 MPH.  A SECOND STORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF GUTHRIE...
  ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FULTON
  KINGDOM CITY
  CARRINGTON

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 3865 9219 3858 9203 3872 9166 3906 9166
      3903 9189 3891 9215

$$

TRUETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone51 min
May 11, 2:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBoone44 min
May 11, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway40 min
May 11, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway50 min
May 11, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Francois, Washington45 min
May 11, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCallaway48 min
May 11, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage44 min
May 11, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Cole, Moniteau39 min
May 11, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Saint Francois, Washington45 min
May 11, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone53 min
May 11, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson48 min
May 11, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery50 min
May 11, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage43 min
May 11, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Francois21 min
May 11, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis26 min
May 11, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin27 min
May 11, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade16 min
May 11, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone31 min
May 11, 5:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBoone5 hr
May 11, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery38 min
May 11, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone47 min
May 11, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWarren42 min
May 11, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis49 min
May 11, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln51 min
May 11, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike31 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.