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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 19, 2005Pike County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2005, 5:10 PM CDT for Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 80 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: Sep 19, 2005, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 80 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pike County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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
Sep 19, 5:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Griggsville, IL	SEVERAL LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN AND BLOCKING ROAD 2 MILES NORTH OF TOWN.
Sep 19, 5:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Hull, IL	TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN BETWEEN HULL AND KINDERHOOK.

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 35 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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 199 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: 357 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -217 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 433 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 545 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 11.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 192210
SVRLSX
ILC149-192330-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0256.050919T2210Z-050919T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
510 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 509 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
  GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF BARRY...OR
  ABOUT NEAR HANNIBAL...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BARRY
  PITTSFIELD
  GRIGGSVILLE

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. 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 3973 9065 3968 9065 3964 9061 3947 9060
      3957 9118 3974 9137 3976 9137 3976 9093
      3982 9092 3982 9059

$$

CVKING

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 192304
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
604 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

ILC149-192330-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0256.000000T0000Z-050919T2330Z/
PIKE IL-
604 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PIKE
COUNTY...

AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NEW CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
NEW HARTFORD...SUMMER HILL...PITTSFIELD...MARTINSBURG...TIME...
INDEPENDENCE...MILTON...DETROIT AND FLORENCE.

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 3973 9065 3968 9065 3964 9061 3947 9060
      3957 9118 3974 9137 3976 9137 3976 9093
      3982 9092 3982 9059

$$

TES

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 192323
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
623 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

ILC149-192330-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0256.000000T0000Z-050919T2330Z/
PIKE IL-
623 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PIKE
COUNTY...

AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER DETROIT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...DETROIT 
AND FLORENCE.

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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3973 9065 3968 9065 3964 9061 3947 9060
      3957 9118 3974 9137 3976 9137 3976 9093
      3982 9092 3982 9059

$$

TES

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 192331
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
630 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

ILC149-192340-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0256.000000T0000Z-050919T2330Z/
PIKE IL-
630 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PIKE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3973 9065 3968 9065 3964 9061 3947 9060
      3957 9118 3974 9137 3976 9137 3976 9093
      3982 9092 3982 9059

$$

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 Sep 19, 3:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 3:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
325 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

.DISCUSSION...
CONCERNS THIS PKG TO BE CNVCTN ACTVTY THIS EVE/TNGT AND THEN
EFFECT TRACK OF RITA TO HAVE ON POPS IN XTNDD. UA MDLS INITIALIZED
FAIR WITH NAM 12Z 85H ABT 30M HI OVR FA. AT 500MB S/WV OVR GT LKS
LIFTING QUICKLY NE WITH FLWG WV COMING OUT OF NRN PLNS TO MOV E.
QSTNRY 500MB HI OVR LA TO BGN RETROGRADING TO TX AND THEN QSTNRY
AGAIN WITH MAIN BAND OF WLYS ACRN NRN TIER U.S. AT LWR LVLS 85H
TROF XTNDD FM SRN MN SW INTO TX/OK PHNDL. STG WAA AHD OF TROF HAS
PUSHED AFTN TEMPS INTO UPR 80S/LWR 90S THIS AFTN. THIS AIRMASS VRY
UNSTABLE WITH SBCAPES 3500-4500 ACRS RGN AND LIS -6/-8. SQLN HAS
DVLPD ALG CDFNT OVR NRN MO/WRN IL AND WL MOV SE DURG EVE AND TNGT.
STGR TSRA MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WNDS AND LRG HAIL. AMASS BHND FNT
HAS LWR RH AND SUM 5-10F COOLER TEMPS. TEMPS ON TUE TO STIL BE ABV
NRML WITH MSTLY CLR SKIES AND LGT NELY SFC WNDS AS SFC HI BLDS OVR
RGN.

FOR XTNDD NXT CHC FOR PCPN TO BE FRI/SAT FOR NRN ZNS AS S/WV MOVS
ACRS TO N. HV FOLLOWED GFS GUID ON TRACK OF RITA AND INCRSD CLDS
AND POPS IN SRN ZNS SUN NGT. TEMPS TO RMN ABV NRML THRU XTNDD WITH
MAXES IN MID/UPR 80S THRU WKEND.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ST LOUIS        68  87  63  89 /  80  10  10  10
QUINCY          61  85  58  86 /  80  10  10  10
COLUMBIA        64  87  60  88 /  80  10  10  10
JEFFERSON CITY  64  87  61  88 /  80  10  10  10
SALEM           65  86  57  85 /  80  10  10  10
FARMINGTON      67  85  56  87 /  80  10  10  10

&&

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

WDB

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 19, 3:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
313 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-201200-
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-
313 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY STORM
THAT BECOMES SEVERE WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO MUCH OF THE AREA FRIDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

CVKING

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 19, 12:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1259 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

ILZ095>097-MOZ018>019-026>027-034>035-200100-
ADAMS-BROWN-PIKE-KNOX-LEWIS-MARION-MONROE-RALLS-SHELBY-
1259 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
800 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA...

IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

ADAMS IL... BROWN IL... PIKE IL...

IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

KNOX... LEWIS... MARION...
MONROE... RALLS... SHELBY...

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HANNIBAL AND QUINCY.

TES

Local storm report, Sep 19, 4:59 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
459 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

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

0450 PM     HAIL             QUINCY                  39.93N 91.39W
09/19/2005  1.00 INCH        ADAMS              IL   STORM CHASER

0455 PM     HAIL             2 SE QUINCY             39.91N 91.36W
09/19/2005  1.00 INCH        ADAMS              IL   STORM CHASER

&&

BYRD

Local storm report, Sep 19, 5:06 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
506 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

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

0500 PM     HAIL             MENDON                  40.09N 91.28W
09/19/2005  1.00 INCH        ADAMS              IL   STORM CHASER

&&

BYRD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 19, 12:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin	41 min
Sep 19, 3:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette	30 min
Sep 19, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	51 min
Sep 19, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Adams	40 min
Sep 19, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown	40 min
Sep 19, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Pike	23 min
Sep 19, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin	47 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.