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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 18, 2005Reynolds County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2005, 9:13 PM CDT for Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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: Jul 18, 2005, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2005, 9:46 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Reynolds County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 262 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: 1900 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -11 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 190213
SVRLSX
MOC179-190300-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0182.050719T0213Z-050719T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
913 PM CDT MON JUL 18 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 911 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF ELLINGTON...OR
  ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF PIEDMONT...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELLINGTON

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 3749 9079 3737 9115 3709 9103 3705 9079
      3724 9076

$$

CARNEY

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 190246
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
946 PM CDT MON JUL 18 2005

MOC179-190256-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-050719T0300Z/
REYNOLDS MO-
946 PM CDT MON JUL 18 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.

LAT...LON 3749 9079 3737 9115 3709 9103 3705 9079
      3724 9076

$$

CARNEY

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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.