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Excessive Heat Warning 1, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 14, 200626 counties in Missouri; 17 counties in Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 14, 2006, 4:11 AM CDT for 26 counties in Missouri; 17 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Jul 14, 2006, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2006, 4:11 AM CDT (09:11 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 14, 2006, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 20, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 days
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
All 43 counties

Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Pike County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Marion County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 236 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2006-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3051 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2006-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3051 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Jul 14, 12:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 12:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 3:21 PM CDT, 12 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
321 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

ILZ100-101-MOZ061-063-141200-
MADISON IL-ST. CHARLES-ST. CLAIR IL-ST. LOUIS-
321 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE
STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF 50 MPH OR
GREATER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION.

WHILE THERE WILL BE A BRIEF RESPITE IN THE HOT WEATHER ON FRIDAY...
THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL RETURN THIS WEEKEND AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING MUCH OF THIS PERIOD
WILL AVERAGE IN THE MIDDLE 90S. SUNDAY AND MONDAY LOOK ESPECIALLY
HOT WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S. THESE EXPECTED HIGH TEMPERATURES
COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON HEAT
INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST. LOUIS.

MOZ064-141200-
ST. LOUIS CITY-
321 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR THE CITY OF ST.
LOUIS AS TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 90S WILL COMBINE WITH THE
HUMID CONDITIONS TO CREATE HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 DEGREES.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE
STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF 50 MPH OR
GREATER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION.

WHILE THERE WILL BE A BRIEF RESPITE IN THE HOT WEATHER ON FRIDAY...
THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL RETURN THIS WEEKEND AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING MUCH OF THIS PERIOD
WILL AVERAGE IN THE MIDDLE 90S. SUNDAY AND MONDAY LOOK ESPECIALLY
HOT WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S. THESE EXPECTED HIGH TEMPERATURES
COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON HEAT
INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST. LOUIS.

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>099-102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059-060-062-065-072>075-084-085-099-
141200-
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-
MARION-MARION IL-MONITEAU-MONROE-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY-
MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE-PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-
SHELBY-ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE-WARREN-WASHINGTON-
WASHINGTON IL-
321 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE
STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF 50 MPH OR
GREATER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION.

HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL RETURN THIS WEEKEND AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING MUCH OF THIS
PERIOD WILL AVERAGE IN THE MIDDLE 90S. SUNDAY AND MONDAY LOOK
ESPECIALLY HOT WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S. THESE EXPECTED HIGH
TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RESULT IN
AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES FOR AN
EXTENDED PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST. LOUIS.

CVKING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery48 min
Jul 13, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone51 min
Jul 13, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau45 min
Jul 13, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe42 min
Jul 13, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone46 min

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Missouri, 2006Excessive Heat Warnings in Illinois, 2006Every excessive heat warning in 2006

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.