Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 25, 2007Boone County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2007, 9:29 PM CDT for Boone County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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
Apr 25, 2007, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2007, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Boone County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 274 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 00:00Z on 2007-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 541 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 00:00Z on 2007-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
541 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 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 260229
SVRLSX
MOC019-260315-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0101.070426T0229Z-070426T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
929 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 926 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF HARRISBURG...OR 12 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARRISBURG...

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.

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 3904 9254 3903 9237 3925 9230 3924 9243

$$

BYRD
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLSX 260251
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
951 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007

MOC019-260315-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-070426T0315Z/
BOONE MO-
951 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY...

AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRISBURG...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF
CENTRALIA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...RURAL
NORTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY.

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 3912 9249 3910 9235 3925 9230 3925 9243

$$

BYRD
000 
WWUS53 KLSX 260313
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1012 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007

MOC019-260322-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-070426T0315Z/
BOONE MO-
1012 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 1015 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF 
THE COUNTY...SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1015 PM.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE AREA 
TONIGHT WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

LAT...LON 3912 9249 3910 9235 3925 9230 3925 9243

$$

BYRD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 10:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Boone5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.