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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 9, 2001Adams County, Illinois; Lewis County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2001, 8:09 PM CDT for Adams County, Illinois; Lewis County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2001, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Adams County, IL, Lewis County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2001-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 561 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2001-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
561 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-179 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 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.

979 
WUUS53 KLSX 100110
SVRSTL
ILC001-MOC111-100200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
809 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
  ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 809 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF CANTON TO
  LEWISTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  CANTON
  LA GRANGE
  MENDON

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 4023 9158 4003 9193 3996 9128 4019 9094

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Shelby33 min
Aug 9, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXShelby45 min
Aug 9, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln23 min
Aug 9, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Warren39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.