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Heat Advisory 4, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 18, 2006Iron County, Madison County, Reynolds County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this heat advisory at Jul 18, 2006, 3:51 PM CDT for Iron County, Madison County, Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 2006, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
51 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO

Counties Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, Reynolds County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 284 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2006-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 848 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2006-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
848 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-293 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 18, 12:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 12:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 3:45 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
345 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-191100-
ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-CLINTON IL-
COLE-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL-JEFFERSON-
JERSEY IL-KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MARION-MARION IL-
MONITEAU-MONROE-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY-MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE-PIKE-
PIKE IL-RALLS-RANDOLPH IL-SHELBY-ST CHARLES-ST CLAIR IL-ST FRANCOIS-
ST LOUIS-ST LOUIS CITY-STE GENEVIEVE-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IL-
324 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
THURSDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. DUE TO
THE HIGH AMOUNTS OF INSTABILITY AVAILABLE...SOME OF THE STORMS THAT
DO FORM MAY BECOME SEVERE FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

HEAT AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH THROUGH THURSDAY...
WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM 95 TO 100 AND HEAT INDICES FROM 105 TO
115 EACH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN AREAWIDE ON FRIDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

MOZ084-085-099-191100-
IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS-
324 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006

...A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH
THROUGH THE AREA. DUE TO THE HIGH AMOUNTS OF INSTABILITY AVAILABLE...
SOME OF THE STORMS THAT DO FORM MAY BECOME SEVERE FOR SHORT
PERIODS OF TIME...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

HEAT AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THURSDAY...
WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND HEAT INDICES
APPROACHING 105 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN ON FRIDAY AND PERSIST
THROUGH SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 18, 10:39 AM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois46 min
Jul 18, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Madison51 min
Jul 18, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison50 min
Jul 18, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Reynolds45 min
Jul 18, 6:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette, Montgomery46 min
Jul 18, 7:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette32 min
Jul 18, 7:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery52 min
Jul 18, 8:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Madison41 min
Jul 18, 8:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery29 min
Jul 18, 8:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton43 min
Jul 18, 9:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington48 min
Jul 18, 9:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton, Marion50 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.