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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2006, 3:35 AM CST for Bond County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 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
- Mar 13, 2006, 3:35 AM CST (09:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2006, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bond County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 8:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 730 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLSX 130937 SVRLSX ILC005-131015- /O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0111.060313T0935Z-060313T1015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 335 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 415 AM CST * AT 332 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF SORENTO...OR ABOUT NEAR STAUNTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SORENTO... RENO... SHILOH HILL... WOBURN... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED PREVIOUSLY WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3901 8968 3883 8965 3885 8926 3904 8925 $$ GKS
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 Mar 12, 11:15 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 11:15 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1115 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
.DISCUSSION...
THE 12Z SHORT-TERM MDLS (TIL WED)...ARE ALL IN GENERAL AGREEMENT
WITH MASS FIELDS AND FEATURES THRU 84HRS. /GRAND FINALE/ OF OUR
ACTIVE WX PTRN TO OCCUR TNGT AS MAIN SHRTWV EJECTS OUT OF THE
ROCKIES...BUT THIS IS ALSO SIGNALING A PTRN SHIFT FOR THE MID MS
VLY AS LONGWAVE H500 TROF SHIFTS FM THE WRN CONUS TO THE ERN CONUS
AND LONGWAVE RDG AMPLIFIES IN THE WRN CONUS. THIS PTRN SHIFT EXPCD
TO BE COMPLETE BY MID WEEK...AND WL FORETELL A MUCH QUIETER...
COOLER PTRN. AT THE SFC...STG MIGRATORY LO PRES OVR KS WL MOV NEWD
INTO THE GRTLKS RGN BY MONDAY WITH HI PRES BLD IN BY TUES.
FOR TNGT...WRMFNT EXPCD TO BE IN THE NRN FA AT THE START OF THIS
PD...AND SHUD COMPLETE ITS PUSH THRU THE NRN FA DURG ERY
EVNG...SETTING MANY AREAS UP FOR THEIR MAX TEMPS OF THE DAY. LRG
SUPERCELLS OVR WRN MO ATTM WL ENTER INTO A VERY FAVORABLE
ENVIRONMENT FOR TORNADOES AS THEY PUSH FURTHER N...AND THIS WL BE
MAIN FCST THREAT ERY ON. WITH SGFNT MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND
INSTABILITY STILL BHND THESE SUPERCELLS HOWEVER...NOT OUT OF THE
WOODS YET...AND EXPC ADDITIONAL DVLPMT TO OCCUR ALG DRY LN BY LATE
THIS AFTN AS WELL AS MORE ISOLD CONVECTION IN OTR PARTS OF THE FA.
WITH FA IN THE WRM SECTOR TNGT AND ESPECIALLY AFT DRY LN PUSHES
THRU AND SHIFTS SFC WNDS TO SWLY...RATHER DP MIXING EXPCD
AREAWIDE AND WL PREVENT TEMPS FM FALLING OFF MUCH. ONLY EXCPTN WL
BE IN THE NWRN THIRD OF THE FA WHERE STG LO LVL CAA WL HV ALREADY
MOVD IN WITH THE CDFNT. PREFERRED MAV/MET MOS BLEND ON TEMPS.
FOR MONDAY...MUCH QUIETER DAY ON TAP WITH DRY SLOT OF SYS
DOMINATING THINGS FIRST...AND THEN WRAPAROUND CLDS IN THE LATE
MRNG AND AFTN. DP MIXING TO CONT...AND WL PROMOTE WINDY CONDS. STG
LO LVL CAA DURG MRNG/ERY AFTN AND RPDLY FALLING H850 TEMPS WL
FORCE MOST LOCNS TO RECORD THEIR MAX TEMPS DURG THE MRNG WITH
STEADY OR SLOLY FALLING TEMPS IN THE AFTN. PSBL /PARTING SHOT/ OF
SPKLS DURG MID-LATE MRNG IN THE NRN FA.
TES
NAM/GFS HAVE THE SAME IDEA GOING INTO MIDWEEK AS THE SFC HIGH
SINKS SEWD INTO AR BY TUESDAY EVENING. LOTS OF SUBSIDENCE SETS IN
BEHIND THIS WEEKENDS TROUGH...SO KEPT DRY WEATHER GOING INTO
WEDNESDAY. THERE IS SOME DISAGREEMENT WITH TIMING OF SYSTEM WITHIN
THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ON SYSTEM THAT WILL AFFECT THE AREA
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SO CONFIDENCE WITH LATE WEEK INTO
NEXT WEEKEND REMAINS LOW. LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE
AND LIFT TO INTRODUCE CHC OF RAIN AT THIS TIME...WITH SOME
POTENTIAL FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE NORTHERN CWA.
TEMPERATURES TUESDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND WILL BE AT OR BELOW NORMAL.
BRITT
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 06Z TAFS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHWEST
MISSOURI NEAR CDJ WITH A WARMFRONT EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD INTO
NORTHEAST MISSOURI. INTENSE/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT
THE STL/SUS VICINITY AFTER 08Z. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE
INTO WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN BY NOON MONDAY. COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND
FROM THE LOW ACROSS EASTERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. GUSTY
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL DURING THE DAY MONDAY BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT.
TPS
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
WL ALLOW FFA TO CONT THRU LATE TNGT. SETUP FOR TSRA IS NOT YOUR
/CLASSIC/ SETUP...AS CONVECTION SHUD BE FAIRLY SHORT-LIVED OVR
THIS AREA WHEN COMPARED WITH LAST NGT...BUT GIVEN THE COPIOUS
AMNTS OF RAFL RECEIVED IN THE WATCH AREA THE PAST FEW DAYS...IT
WON/T TAKE MUCH TO REINITIATE FLOODING IN THESE AREAS...ESPECIALLY
AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND MORE VULNERABLE AREAS IN THE ERN
OZARKS.
TWO PRINCIPLE AREAS TO WATCH...A STRIPE OF 2-4 OF RAFL RECEIVED
YESTERDAY AND LAST NGT FM SRN CRAWFORD COUNTY TO NRN RANDOLPH IL
AND SRN WASHINGTON COUNTY IL.
AND ANOTHER STRIPE OF HVY RAFL RECEIVED OF 1-2 FM CNTRL REYNOLDS
COUNTY TO NRN MADISON COUNTY MO.
TES
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ST LOUIS 54 59 31 49 / 80 10 10 10
QUINCY 43 49 27 45 / 80 20 10 10
COLUMBIA 45 51 28 51 / 70 10 10 10
JEFFERSON CITY 47 53 29 52 / 70 10 10 10
SALEM 60 64 32 48 / 80 30 10 10
FARMINGTON 59 63 32 51 / 80 20 10 10
&&
.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR CRAWFORD-IRON-
JEFFERSON-MADISON-REYNOLDS-ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE-
WASHINGTON.
IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR BOND IL-CLINTON IL-
FAYETTE IL-MARION IL-MONROE IL-RANDOLPH IL-ST. CLAIR IL-
WASHINGTON IL.
&&
WFO LSXHazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 3:31 PM CST, 12 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 331 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ILZ064-065-069-070-074-079-101-102-MOZ065-072>075-084-085-099- 131200- BOND IL-CLINTON IL-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE IL-IRON-JEFFERSON-MADISON- MARION IL-MONROE IL-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-ST. CLAIR IL- ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE-WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IL- 331 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH 73 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RISK OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING WITH A FEW STRONG LONG-TRACK TORNADOES POSSIBLE... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS EVENING AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. STORM COVERAGE WILL BEGIN AS ISOLATED INITIALLY...WITH COVERAGE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY STRENGTHEN TO SEVERE THRESHOLDS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND A FEW STRONG LONG-TRACK TORNADOES. THERE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BE A FLASH FLOODING THREAT THROUGH TONIGHT AS ANTECEDENT MOISTURE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS ON MONDAY AS THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM PULLS AWAY. WEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL CONTINUED TO BE NEEDED TONIGHT. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR THIS VOLATILE SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. ILZ058>060-095>100-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>052- 059>064-131200- ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOONE-BROWN IL-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-COLE-FRANKLIN- GASCONADE-GREENE IL-JERSEY IL-KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL- MADISON IL-MARION-MONITEAU-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE- PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-SHELBY-ST. CHARLES-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY- WARREN- 331 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...TORNADO WATCH 73 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RISK OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING WITH A FEW STRONG LONG-TRACK TORNADOES POSSIBLE... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CENTRAL MISSOURI...EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS EVENING AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. STORM COVERAGE WILL INITIALLY BE WIDELY SCATTERED...WITH COVERAGE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY STRENGTHEN TO SEVERE THRESHOLDS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND A FEW STRONG LONG- TRACK TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS ON MONDAY AS THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM PULLS AWAY. WEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL CONTINUED TO BE NEEDED TONIGHT. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR THIS VOLATILE SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. TES
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 13, 2:48 AM CST, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
248 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0240 AM HAIL ST. PETERS 38.78N 90.61W
03/13/2006 M1.25 INCH ST. CHARLES MO NWS EMPLOYEE
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AROUND THE ST.
PETERS...ST. CHARLES AREA.
&&
TILLYLocal storm report, Mar 13, 2:57 AM CST, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
257 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 AM HAIL BRIDGETON 38.77N 90.43W
03/13/2006 E1.00 INCH ST. LOUIS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
AT HIGHWAY 370 NEAR MILLS MALL.
&&
TILLYLocal storm report, Mar 13, 3:05 AM CST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
305 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 AM HAIL HAZELWOOD 38.78N 90.36W
03/13/2006 M1.00 INCH ST. LOUIS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
HOWDERSHELL AND SHACKELFORD ROADS. ALSO SEVERAL REPORTS
OF 1 INCH HAIL IN FLORISSANT.
&&
TILLYLocal storm report, Mar 13, 3:11 AM CST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
311 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0259 AM HAIL BERKELEY 38.74N 90.34W
03/13/2006 M2.00 INCH ST. LOUIS MO ASOS
OBSERVER AT LAMBERT AIRPORT REPORTED 2 1/4 INCH HAIL FROM
259 TO 305 AM.
&&
TILLYLocal storm report, Mar 13, 3:13 AM CST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
313 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 AM HAIL SPANISH LAKE 38.79N 90.21W
03/13/2006 M1.75 INCH ST. LOUIS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
BELLEFONATINE ROAD IN SPANISH LAKE
&&
TILLYLocal storm report, Mar 13, 3:18 AM CST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
318 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 AM TSTM WND DMG 10 W CARLINVILLE 39.28N 90.07W
03/13/2006 MACOUPIN IL EMERGENCY MNGR
ABANDONED HOUSE BLOWN DOWN. 4 POWER POLES ALSO DOWN.
&&
TILLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 6:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 63 min |
| Mar 12, 6:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 26 min |
| Mar 12, 7:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 10:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 11:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 39 min |
| Mar 13, 12:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 12:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 1:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 14 min |
| Mar 13, 1:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 2:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 2:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 2:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 3:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 4:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 33 min |
| Mar 13, 4:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 4:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 48 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.