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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS St. Louis, MO

January 12, 2005Lewis County, Marion County, Shelby County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 12, 2005, 4:08 PM CST for Lewis County, Marion County, Shelby County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 12, 2005, 4:08 PM CST (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Jan 12, 2005, 4:45 PM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lewis County, MO, Marion County, MO, Shelby County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2005-01-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2005-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 303 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
397 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
323 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 122208
SVRLSX
MOC111-127-205-122245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
407 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
  EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 445 PM CST

* AT 403 PM CST...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 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA BELLE TO SHELBINA TO 22 MILES SOUTH OF
  SHELBINA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  KAHOKA TO SHELBINA TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARIS...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EMDEN
  WARREN
  EWING
  PHILADELPHIA
  MAYWOOD
  PALMYRA
  LA GRANGE
  CANTON
  HANNIBAL

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 4025 9151 4009 9152 3993 9144 3988 9146
      3970 9133 3969 9172 3966 9173 3968 9186
      3958 9201 3969 9217 3994 9189 3996 9195
      4026 9195

$$

CVKING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 3:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Monroe63 min
Jan 12, 3:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXShelby41 min
Jan 12, 5:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Osage57 min
Jan 12, 5:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway37 min

Nearby

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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.