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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 13, 2005Bond County, Clinton County, Montgomery County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2005, 5:03 PM CDT for Bond County, Clinton County, Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 57 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: Aug 13, 2005, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bond County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Montgomery County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 13, 5:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Trenton, IL	ONE LARGE TREE DOWN
Aug 13, 5:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Greenville, IL	WHOLE TREES AS WELL AS LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNED.

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 12 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
Aug 13, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1006 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -1.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 132204
SVRLSX
ILC005-027-135-132300-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0211.050813T2203Z-050813T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
503 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 26 MILES WEST OF SORENTO TO 10 MILES WEST OF POCAHONTAS TO NEW
  BADEN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES WEST OF GILLESPIE
  TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HIGHLAND TO MASCOUTAH...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALBERS
  POCAHONTAS
  AVISTON
  GERMANTOWN
  ST. ROSE
  SORENTO
  RENO
  BECKEMEYER
  TAYLOR SPRINGS
  GREENVILLE

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 3935 8967 3882 8960 3866 8960 3865 8971
      3849 8971 3852 8926 3911 8927 3934 8927

$$
BYRD

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 132227
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
525 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

ILC005-027-135-132300-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0211.000000T0000Z-050813T2300Z/
MONTGOMERY IL-CLINTON IL-BOND IL-
525 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR 
BOND...CLINTON AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

AT 520 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH FROM 15 MILES WEST OF WALSHVILLE TO
AVISTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
POSEY...BECKEMEYER...WALSHVILLE...PANAMA...HOFFMAN...CARLYLE...
STOLLETOWN...DUDLEYVILLE...HUEY AND TAYLOR SPRINGS.

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 3935 8967 3882 8960 3866 8960 3865 8971
      3849 8971 3852 8926 3911 8927 3934 8927

$$
BYRD

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 132300
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
600 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

ILC005-027-135-132310-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0211.000000T0000Z-050813T2300Z/
MONTGOMERY IL-CLINTON IL-BOND IL-
600 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BOND...CLINTON AND SOUTHERN 
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
COUNTY...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3935 8967 3882 8960 3866 8960 3865 8971
      3849 8971 3852 8926 3911 8927 3934 8927

$$
BYRD

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 Aug 13, 3:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 3:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
323 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

.DISCUSSION...
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
330 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN QUES THIS PKG TO BE POPS AND QPF ALG FNTL ZN OVR FA NR TERM AND
THEN TEMPS AND POPS IN XTNDD. GOOD INITIALIZATION ON 12 MDL RUNS
WITH MAIN BAND OF WLYS N OF FA WITH 500MB S/WV FM NRN RCKY MTNS SW
INTO NRN CAL. 500MB RDG OVR SERN U.S. AND S/WV DAMPS AS IT MOVS E
ACRS GT LKS BY 36HRS. UPR FLOW RMNS ZONAL ACRS CTRL MS VLY THRU NR
TERM AND THEN BECMS WK NWLY AS 500MB RDG MIGRATES WWD ACRS SRN U.S.
DURG XTNDD PD.

SFC FNT TO RMN QSTNRY ACRS RGN THRU 48HRS WITH MINOR OSCILLATIONS AS
WK WVS ALFT MOV ACRS AREA. BROAD AREA OF LGT-MDT PCPN OVR NRN MO AND W
CTRL IL THIS MRNG WITH TSRA DVLPG ERLY THIS AFTN IN CLD FREE RGN
TO S. XPCT GREATER AREAL CVRG TDA AS S/WV MOVS ACRS MO THIS AFTN
AND EVE. HV INCRSD POPS SLIGHTLY FOR TNGT AND ADJ QPF WITH LTST
GUID. THINK GFS STIL HAVING FEEDBACK PROBS AND LEANED MORE TWD NAM
FOR QPF.

TEMPS TO BE A CAT OR TWO COOLER NR TERM WITH PCPN AND INCRS IN
CLDNS AND SAGGING FNT.

WL CONT CHCS FOR TSRA THRU ERLY XTNDD AND AGAIN NR END AS FNT
BECMS QSTNRY ACRS RGN. TEMPS TO BE NR NRML.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ST LOUIS        70  82  68  83 /  90  60  50  50
QUINCY          64  79  63  81 /  80  50  40  40
COLUMBIA        67  80  64  81 /  90  60  60  40
JEFFERSON CITY  67  81  65  81 /  90  60  60  50
SALEM           71  83  67  81 /  60  60  50  50
FARMINGTON      71  83  66  82 /  70  50  50  50

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 4:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
401 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-141215-
ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN IL-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-
401 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA THIS EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT.
OTHERWISE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY AS A COLD FRONT ACROSS
NORTHERN MISSOURI AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTERSECTS VERY MOIST AND
MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR AS IT DRIFTS SOUTHWARD.

DUE TO THE STATIONARY NATURE OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS
OUR AREA AND THE HIGH LEVELS OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE THAT EXIST...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL WILL BE HEIGHTENED TONIGHT FOR AREAS
ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70...WHERE RAINFALL TOTALS
IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WILL BE LOCALLY POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY
AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LINGER ACROSS OUR REGION THROUGH THAT
TIME. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH OUR REGION BY LATE WEEK...
WITH THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING BY LATE THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS EVENING...WHERE THE
GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. SPOTTERS ARE ALSO
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

TES

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 13, 4:46 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
446 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

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

0445 PM     HAIL             FLORISSANT              38.80N 90.32W
08/13/2005  1.00 INCH        ST. LOUIS          MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

TES

Local storm report, Aug 13, 4:53 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
453 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

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

0430 PM     TSTM WND GST     FLORISSANT              38.80N 90.32W
08/13/2005  60 MPH           ST. LOUIS          MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

TES

Local storm report, Aug 13, 4:54 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
454 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

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

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TOWN AND COUNTRY        38.62N 90.48W
08/13/2005                   ST. LOUIS          MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREE LIMBS DOWNED

&&

TES

Local storm report, Aug 13, 4:55 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
455 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

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

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FENTON                  38.54N 90.45W
08/13/2005                   ST. LOUIS          MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            18 INCH TREE DOWNED

&&

TES

Local storm report, Aug 13, 4:56 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
456 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

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

0410 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MANCHESTER              38.59N 90.51W
08/13/2005                   ST. LOUIS          MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNED ON HANNA ROAD.

&&

TES

Local storm report, Aug 13, 4:57 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
457 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

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

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MANCHESTER              38.59N 90.51W
08/13/2005                   ST. LOUIS          MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            24 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWNED AS WELL AS POWER LINES
            DOWNED.

&&

TES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun	41 min
Aug 13, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jersey	79 min
Aug 13, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair	47 min
Aug 13, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Madison, Saint Clair	40 min
Aug 13, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	50 min
Aug 13, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette	37 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.