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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 5, 2004Randolph County, Saint Clair County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2004, 10:46 PM CDT for Randolph County, Saint Clair County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 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: Jul 5, 2004, 10:46 PM CDT (03:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2004, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 5, 10:48 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Red Bud, IL	NICKLE SIZE HAIL IN RED BUD
Jul 5, 11:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Marissa, IL	TREES DOWN IN THE TOWN OF MARISSA
Jul 5, 11:10 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Marissa, IL	NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF MARISSA

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 24 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 5, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 238 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 060346
SVRLSX
ILC157-163-060430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1046 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
  SOUTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1046 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER RED BUD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW ATHENS
  BALDWIN
  MARISSA
  TILDEN
  SPARTA
  COULTERVILLE

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 3833 9004 3811 9004 3807 8961 3822 8960
      3823 8971 3832 8971

$$

TES

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 5, 4:40 PM CDT, 6 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 4:40 PM CDT, 6 hours 6 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
440 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004

.DISCUSSION...
AREA RMNS IN THE WAITING MODE FOR THE NXT ROUND OF CNVTN WITH MANY
PARAMETERS FAVORING REDVLPMT OF TSRA ERY THIS EVE.  OF IMMEDIATE
CONCERN IS OUTFLO BNDRY FROM THIS MRNGS CNVTN...WHICH HAS BCM QSTNRY
NR POF WHILE W EDGE HAS PUSHED NE TO BTWN KCOU-KSTL.  AMS ALG/S OF
BNDRY XTRMLY UNSTBL WITH SFC BASED CAPES OF NR 5000 VCNTY SW MO. WRM
MID LVL TEMPS INDICATED ON 18Z KSGF SNDG APRS TO BE KPG SFC-BASED
ACTIVITY IN CHECK SO FAR...HWVR SINCE 2020Z CNVTN APRS TO BE
INCRG/PERHAPS BCMG SFC BASED N AND JUST NE OF KJLN.  BLV ARCH OF
SHTWV WL CONT TO COOL MID LVLS...AND EXPECT CNVTN TO DVLP/EXPAND NWD
INTO NE MO OVR NXT FEW HRS.  TORNADO WATCH JUST ISSUED FOR MUCH OF
CWFA TIL 03Z.

THIS EVES CNVTN WL MV E DURG THE EVE AND GRDL PUSH E OF FA BY
06Z...GIVING AREA A BIT OF A LULL.  HWVR...MCS EXPECTED TO DVLP OVR
PLAINS OVRNGT WL ALSO BE PUSHING E...AND SHUD SPREAD TSRA BACK ACR FA
DURG THE MRNG/ERY AFTN ON TUE.  PCPN SHUD THEN SWEEP OUT OF SE
SECTIONS OF FA ON TUE EVE AS WK CDFNT PUSHES THRU.  GOING FCSTS HAS
A GD HNDL ON THIS...SO ONLY MINOR CHGS RQRD FOR TUE/TUE NGT.

NWP OUTPUT SUGGESTING THE NXT THRT OF PCPN WL BE ELEVATED CNVTN WED
NGT/THU AS RETURN FLO PROVIDES ISENTROPIC LFT FOR NWD RBND OF
UNSTBL AMS.  SINCE 12Z RUNS WERE FIRST TO PICK UP ON THIS...WL KP
POPS AOB 20 ATTM AND LET MID SHIFT CHECK OUT 00Z RUNS TO SEE IF THIS
TREND CONTS.

HARD TO GET TOO SPECIFIC WITH TEMPS TRENDS OVR NXT 24 HRS DUE TO
IMPACT OF CNVTN.  GOING VALUES STILL LK TO BE A GD FIRST
APPROXIMATION...SO ONLY MINOR CHGS RQRD.

IN THE LONG TERM...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SUMMERTIME HEAT AND
HUMIDITY APR TO BE IN THE OFFING AS UPR RDG BUILDS OVR S HLF OF
COUNTRY.

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.MO...TORNADO WATCH RUFLY ALG-N OF KVIH-KSUS TIL 03Z.
.IL...TORNADO WATCH RUFLY ALG-N OF KBLV-KTAZ TIL 03Z.

&&

TRUETT

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 4:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
430 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-061100-
ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-CLINTON IL-
COLE-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL-IRON-JEFFERSON-
JERSEY IL-KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON-MADISON IL-MARION-
MARION IL-MONITEAU-MONROE-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY-MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE-
PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-SHELBY-ST CHARLES-
ST CLAIR IL-ST FRANCOIS-ST LOUIS-ST LOUIS CITY-STE GENEVIEVE-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IL-
430 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
AND WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI THIS
EVENING...AND FURTHER INTO SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
TONIGHT.  THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  HOWEVER...BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME
INSTABILITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE...BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF
A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY EVENING OR
OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT.  SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH
WE CAN EXPECT A BREAK IN THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH THE END
OF THE WORK WEEK.  THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN FOR
LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR RETURNS TO THE
AREA.

.SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

CARNEY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 10:18 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1018 PM CDT MON JUL 05 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0952 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TRENTON                 38.61N 89.68W
07/05/2004                   CLINTON            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE TRENTON
            AREA.

&&

PRZYBYLINSKI

Local storm report, Jul 5, 10:25 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1025 PM CDT MON JUL 05 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0950 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SUMMERFIELD             38.60N 89.75W
07/05/2004                   ST. CLAIR          IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREES ON TOP OF HOMES AND VEHICLES IN THE TOWN OF
            SUMMERFIELD.

&&

PRZYBYLINSKI

Local storm report, Jul 5, 10:25 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1025 PM CDT MON JUL 05 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0950 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SUMMERFIELD             38.60N 89.75W
07/05/2004                   ST. CLAIR          IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREES ON TOP OF HOMES AND VEHICLES IN THE TOWN OF
            SUMMERFIELD.

&&

PRZYBYLINSKI

Local storm report, Jul 5, 10:43 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1043 PM CDT MON JUL 05 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0940 PM     HAIL             CHESTERFIELD            39.26N 90.07W
07/05/2004  0.75 INCH        MACOUPIN           IL   AMATEUR RADIO

            DIME SIZE HAIL IN CHESTERFIELD VALLEY AREA.

&&

PRZYBYLINSKI

Local storm report, Jul 5, 10:43 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1043 PM CDT MON JUL 05 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1040 PM     HAIL             CHESTERFIELD            39.26N 90.07W
07/05/2004  0.75 INCH        ST. LOUIS           MO   AMATEUR
RADIO

            DIME SIZE HAIL IN CHESTERFIELD VALLEY AREA.

&&

PRZYBYLINSKI

Local storm report, Jul 5, 10:43 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1043 PM CDT MON JUL 05 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0940 PM     HAIL             CHESTERFIELD            39.26N 90.07W
07/05/2004  0.75 INCH        MACOUPIN           IL   AMATEUR RADIO

            DIME SIZE HAIL IN CHESTERFIELD VALLEY AREA.

&&

PRZYBYLINSKI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison, Saint Clair	53 min
Jul 5, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton	54 min
Jul 5, 8:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Madison	34 min
Jul 5, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond	47 min
Jul 5, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Clair	59 min
Jul 5, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	53 min
Jul 5, 9:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Madison, Saint Clair	4 hr
Jul 5, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe	24 min
Jul 5, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Washington	67 min
Jul 5, 9:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Marion	31 min
Jul 5, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	61 min
Jul 6, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Montgomery	43 min
Jul 6, 7:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Greene, Macoupin	42 min
Jul 6, 12:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington	43 min

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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.