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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 273, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 19, 2005Madison County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2005, 8:23 PM CDT for Madison County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 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: Sep 19, 2005, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2005, 9:08 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Madison County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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
Sep 19, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 320 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: 1893 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1027 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 200123
SVRLSX
ILC119-200215-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0273.050920T0123Z-050920T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 821 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 8 MILES WEST OF GRANITE CITY...
  OR ABOUT NEAR DELLWOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GRANITE CITY
  PONTOON BEACH
  MARYVILLE
  GLEN CARBON
  EDWARDSVILLE
  TROY
  ST. JACOB
  MARINE
  HIGHLAND

LAT...LON 3868 9016 3883 9009 3884 8996 3883 8985
      3885 8973 3885 8965 3885 8962 3866 8961

$$

CVKING

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 200138
SVSLSX

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

ILC119-200215-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-050920T0215Z/
MADISON IL-
838 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY...

AT 836 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH OVER PONTOON BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM ST. CHARLES 
COUNTY. TAKE SHELTER NOW

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
TROY...KUHN...FRUIT...ST. JACOB...MARINE...HIGHLAND AND GRANTFORK.

LAT...LON 3868 9016 3883 9009 3884 8996 3883 8985
      3885 8973 3885 8965 3885 8962 3866 8961

$$

CVKING

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 200208
SVSLSX

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

ILC119-200218-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-050920T0215Z/
MADISON IL-
908 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

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

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

LAT...LON 3868 9016 3883 9009 3884 8996 3883 8985
      3885 8973 3885 8965 3885 8962 3866 8961

$$

CVKING

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, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 3:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 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, 5 hours 10 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

Local storm report, Sep 19, 7:30 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

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

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

0725 PM     TSTM WND GST     HERMANN                 38.70N 91.43W
09/19/2005  60 MPH           GASCONADE          MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE BRANCHES BLOWN DOWN.

&&

BYRD

Local storm report, Sep 19, 7:34 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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

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

0611 PM     HAIL             COLUMBIA                38.95N 92.33W
09/19/2005  1.00 INCH        BOONE              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0705 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SE CHAMOIS            38.64N 91.72W
09/19/2005                   OSAGE              MO   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN ON A FARM.

&&

BYRD

Local storm report, Sep 19, 7:41 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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

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

0725 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NILWOOD                 39.40N 89.81W
09/19/2005                   MACOUPIN           IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN.

&&

BYRD

Local storm report, Sep 19, 7:50 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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

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

0740 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S WARRENTON           38.78N 91.14W
09/19/2005                   WARREN             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN.

&&

BYRD

Local storm report, Sep 19, 8:02 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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

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

0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MCKITTRICK              38.74N 91.44W
09/19/2005                   MONTGOMERY         MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 94 EAST AND WEST OF
            HIGHWAY 19...HIGHWAY 94 INTERSECTION.

0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S NEW FLORENCE        38.88N 91.45W
09/19/2005                   MONTGOMERY         MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES BLOWN DOWN SOUTH OF TOWN ON HIGHWAY 19.

0740 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 S DUTZOW              38.58N 90.99W
09/19/2005  60 MPH           WARREN             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BYRD

Local storm report, Sep 19, 8:21 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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

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

0750 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW NEW MELLE          38.66N 90.95W
09/19/2005                   ST. CHARLES        MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            A FEW TREES AND SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN NEAR
            THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY T AND HIGHWAY D.

0755 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SSW OFALLON          38.70N 90.75W
09/19/2005                   ST. CHARLES        MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN IN WINGHAVEN SUBDIVISION.

0755 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S WENTZVILLE          38.77N 90.86W
09/19/2005                   ST. CHARLES        MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 60
            MPH.

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ST. PETERS              38.78N 90.61W
09/19/2005                   ST. CHARLES        MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN JUST SOUTH OF MID RIVERS
            MALL.

&&

BYRD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 19, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Saint Clair	23 min
Sep 19, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	10 min
Sep 20, 12:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Washington	4 hr

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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.