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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 11, 2005Saint Francois County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2005, 4:31 PM CDT for Saint Francois County, Missouri. It was in force for 21 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: May 11, 2005, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2005, 4:52 PM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Saint Francois County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 305 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: 1362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1007 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 112131
SVRLSX
MOC187-112215-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0079.050511T2131Z-050511T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
431 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 427 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR IRON MOUNTAIN...OR ABOUT NEAR BISMARCK...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEADWOOD
  PARK HILLS
  DESLOGE
  FARMINGTON
  KNOB LICK

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 3768 9065 3783 9064 3791 9052 3789 9049
      3788 9047 3774 9028 3765 9033 3765 9053
      3765 9065

$$

SDD/RP

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 112152
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
452 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

MOC187-112202-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-050511T2215Z/
ST. FRANCOIS MO-
452 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3768 9065 3783 9064 3791 9052 3789 9049
      3788 9047 3774 9028 3765 9033 3765 9053
      3765 9065

$$

RP/SDD

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 May 11, 3:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 3:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
310 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

.DISCUSSION...

IMPRESSIVE BOUNDARY HAS SET UP ACRS MIDWEST INCLUDING NRN MO EAST
INTO CNTRL IL.  TSTMS HAVE BROKEN OUT ALG OLD OUTFLOW BNDRY FROM
LAST NIGHTS MCS AND NMRS STORMS HAVE HAIL IN THEM ALREADY.  LOOKS
LIKE AN ACTIVE NGT FOR SVR WX. HAD THOUGHTS OF A FLOOD WATCH FOR
NRN COUNTIES BUT SOME OF THE MODELS HAVE THE FRONT RETREATING
NORTH WITH PCPN ACTIVITY NORTH OF OUR AREA SO WILL WAIT SO SEE
WHAT EVOLVES.

DEEP CLOSD LOW OVR CNTRL ROCKIES FCST TO EJECT NEWD WITH A FEW
SHORT WAVES LIFTING NEWD IN FRONT OF IT.  SOME STORMS WILL BE
SVR THIS EVE BUT 70 PLUS DWPTS HAVE BEEN POOLING ALONG THE FRONT
AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE 1.25 TO 1.50 SO PCPN PRODUCTION
WILL BE VERY EFFICIENT.

TOO BUSY WITH SVR WX TO DISCUSS ADDITIONAL PERIODS ATTM.

&&

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

&&

PEDIGO

Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
315 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-121100-
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-
315 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.  THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES FOR BOTH DAYS WITH
THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD STAND READY TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

CARNEY

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 11, 3:50 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
350 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

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

0349 PM     HAIL             NW COLUMBIA             38.95N 92.33W
05/11/2005  0.88 INCH        BOONE              MO   COUNTY OFFICIAL

&&

CVKING

Local storm report, May 11, 3:57 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
357 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

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

0335 PM     HAIL             10 NW FULTON            38.96N 92.08W
05/11/2005  1.00 INCH        CALLAWAY           MO   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL 1 MILE SOUTH OF MILLERSBURG

&&

CVKING

Local storm report, May 11, 3:59 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
359 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

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

0357 PM     HAIL             COLUMBIA                38.95N 92.33W
05/11/2005  0.88 INCH        BOONE              MO   COUNTY OFFICIAL

0359 PM     HAIL             COLUMBIA                38.95N 92.33W
05/11/2005  0.75 INCH        BOONE              MO   COUNTY OFFICIAL

&&

CVKING

Local storm report, May 11, 4:03 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
403 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

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

0401 PM     HAIL             RICHWOODS               38.17N 90.83W
05/11/2005  0.75 INCH        WASHINGTON         MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            SMALL LIMBS DOWNED BY STRONG WINDS ALSO

&&

CVKING

Local storm report, May 11, 4:09 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
409 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

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

0409 PM     HAIL             FULTON                  38.85N 91.95W
05/11/2005  1.75 INCH        CALLAWAY           MO   COUNTY OFFICIAL

&&

CVKING

Local storm report, May 11, 4:21 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
421 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

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

0416 PM     HAIL             HILLSBORO               38.23N 90.57W
05/11/2005  0.75 INCH        JEFFERSON          MO   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

TES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Boone	51 min
May 11, 2:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Boone	44 min
May 11, 2:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Boone, Callaway	40 min
May 11, 2:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Audrain, Boone, Callaway	50 min
May 11, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington	45 min
May 11, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Callaway	43 min
May 11, 3:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Callaway	48 min
May 11, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Osage	44 min
May 11, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Boone, Cole, Moniteau	39 min
May 11, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Iron, Saint Francois, Washington	45 min
May 11, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Boone	53 min
May 11, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson	48 min
May 11, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Callaway, Montgomery	50 min
May 11, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Osage	43 min
May 11, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	26 min
May 11, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin	27 min
May 11, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Gasconade	16 min
May 11, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Boone	31 min
May 11, 5:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Boone	5 hr
May 11, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	38 min
May 11, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Boone	47 min
May 11, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Warren	42 min
May 11, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lewis	49 min
May 11, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln	51 min
May 11, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.