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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 13, 2005Warren County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT for Warren County, Missouri. It was in force for 60 min. 2 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
Jun 13, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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
Jun 13, 5:10 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Warrenton, MONUMEROUS 1.5FT DIAMETER TREES AND LIMBS DOWN.
Jun 13, 5:10 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Warrenton, MONUMEROUS 1.5FT DIAMETER TREES AND LIMBS DOWN.

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
Jun 13, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 271 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2005-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 141 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2005-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
963 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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 132131
SVRLSX
MOC219-132230-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0151.050613T2130Z-050613T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
430 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 427 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 20 
  MILES WEST OF WARRENTON...OR NEAR HERMANN...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WARRENTON
  TRUESDALE
  WRIGHT CITY

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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 3885 9137 3872 9140 3869 9096 3891 9109

$$

BRITT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLSX 132149
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
449 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

MOC219-132230-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-050613T2230Z/
WARREN MO-
449 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR 
WARREN COUNTY...

AT 447 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80
MPH 7 MILES WEST OF WARRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
TRUESDALE...WARRENTON AND WRIGHT CITY.

TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

LAT...LON 3885 9134 3872 9140 3868 9097 3887 9100

$$

BRITT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion52 min
Jun 13, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Warren45 min
Jun 13, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway39 min
Jun 13, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Montgomery, Pike45 min
Jun 13, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade, Montgomery40 min
Jun 13, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAudrain, Pike45 min
Jun 13, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln17 min
Jun 13, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage40 min
Jun 13, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade64 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles60 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike49 min
Jun 13, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin62 min
Jun 13, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln34 min
Jun 13, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis67 min
Jun 13, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWarren28 min
Jun 13, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles43 min
Jun 13, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin54 min
Jun 13, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis54 min
Jun 13, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson50 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.