Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 288, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2006, 6:16 PM CDT for Madison County, Saint Francois County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2006, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Madison County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Doe Run, MO | |
| May 24, 6:28 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 S Farmington, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 312 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
- 1143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KLSX 242316
SVRLSX
MOC123-187-250000-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0288.060524T2316Z-060525T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
616 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
SOUTHERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ROSELLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF IRONTON...AND MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FARMINGTON...
KNOB LICK...
JUNCTION CITY...
FREDERICKTOWN...
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 3771 9060 3754 9054 3756 9014 3767 9018
3783 9041
$$
GLASSWhat 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 24, 5:46 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 5:46 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
546 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
.DISCUSSION...
FORECAST DISCUSSION WILL FOCUS ON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS SEVERE
WEATHER EPISODE AND THE SUMMERLIKE PATTERN THAT WILL TAKE HOLD OF
THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK.
UPPER LOW CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN PLAINS WILL SLOWLY MOVE
EAST AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AND ATTENDANT COLD FRONT MOVE TOWARD
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS RETURNED
TO CWA AS DEWPOINTS HAVE RISEN INTO THE 60S. WITH ABUNDANT
INSOLATION THIS AFTERNOON...CONVECTION DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI WILL STRENGTHEN AND SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. ALL PARAMETERS
ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE.
COLD FRONT MAKES IT TO I-70 BY DAYBREAK...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
SOUTHEASTERN THIRD OF THE CWA...ALTHOUGH AT THIS POINT BELIEVE BEST
POTENTIAL WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF OUR CWA. OTHERWISE...UPPER LOW DIGS
SOUTH TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...BRINGING CLOUDS AND THE CHANCE
OF SHOWERS TO AT LEAST THE NORTHEASTERN THIRD OF THE CWA THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL CLEAR AND HEIGHTS WILL RISE QUICKLY ON FRIDAY
AS HIGH PRESSURE AND THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVERHEAD. ALL MODELS
INDICATE A WARM FRONTAL PASSAGE EARLY ON SATURDAY AND THEREFORE
COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION EARLY IN THE DAY ON
SATURDAY...BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IS IN THE WAKE OF THE WARM FRONT THE
WIND WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND THE HOTTEST WEATHER OF THE YEAR THUS
FAR WILL FLOOD THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. OVERALL THE KEY TO
THIS WEEKEND (SATURDAY AND SUNDAY) WILL BE HOT AND DRY AS A STRONG
CAP WILL BE IN PLACE AS +20C 850MB TEMPERATURES OVERSPREAD THE
REGION. IN FACT...COULD NOT RULE OUT A FEW RECORD HIGHS BEING TIED
OR BROKEN.
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THIS WEEKEND FOLLOW:
ST. LOUIS COLUMBIA QUINCY
SATURDAY 93 92 91
SUNDAY 93 91 94
AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO SLIDE EAST ON MONDAY AND COLLAPSE
BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...THE REGION WILL BECOME INFLUENCED BY A
MORE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND WEAKER CAP. DISTURBANCES MOVING
ALONG THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE WILL INTIATE
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE THE
SUMMERLIKE WEATHER PATTERN IS PROGGED TO CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK AS 850MB TEMPERATURES ARE TO REMAIN ABOVE +15C.
CVKING
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 00Z TAFS...SCT TSRA SHOULD CONT TO DVLP FM COU TO STL AREA THIS
EVNG. IT APRS THAT THE CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN S OF UIN. DO NOT
SEE MUCH CLOUDINESS FOR UIN TGT AS MID LVL CLOUD CVR OVR IA WILL
LIKELY REMAIN N OF UIN LOOKING AT SATELLITE LOOP. MOST OF THE
CONVECTION SHOULD PUSH SE OF STL AREA FOR THE OVERNIGHT HRS WITH
LTL IF ANY CLOUD CVR LTR TGT FOR COU...STL AND SUS. UIN SHOULD GET
SOME WRAP ARND MID LVL CLOUDINESS ON THU...OTHERWISE TAF SITES
SHOULD HAVE DIURNAL CUMULUS ON THU. SCT SHRA OR TSRA MAY DVLP IN
UIN...STL AND SUS THU AFTN BUT PLAN TO LEAVE OUT OF THE TAF FCST
ATTM. SWLY SFC WNDS SHOULD GRADUALLY VEER ARND TO THE W ON THU
BHND WK SFC TROF/CDFNT.
GKS
&&
.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
&&
WFO LSXHazardous weather outlook, May 24, 1:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 110 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 ILZ058>060-064-065-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042- 047>052-059>065-072-073-251100- ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-COLE- CRAWFORD-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL-JEFFERSON-JERSEY IL- KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MARION-MONITEAU-MONROE- MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY-MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE-PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-SHELBY- ST CHARLES-ST CLAIR IL-ST LOUIS-ST LOUIS CITY-WARREN-WASHINGTON- 110 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST ON THURSDAY AS THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY ADVANCES THROUGH THE AREA. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS MORE TYPICAL OF SUMMER WILL GRIP THE AREA FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR RECORD LEVELS...AVERAGING 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ILZ069-070-074-079-MOZ074-075-084-085-099-251100- CLINTON IL-IRON-MADISON-MARION IL-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-ST FRANCOIS- STE GENEVIEVE-WASHINGTON IL- 110 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD IMPACT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST ON THURSDAY AS THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY ADVANCES THROUGH THE AREA. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS MORE TYPICAL OF SUMMER WILL GRIP THE AREA FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR RECORD LEVELS...AVERAGING 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS EVENING. GLASS
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 24, 5:52 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
552 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N GREENVILLE 38.95N 89.40W
05/24/2006 BOND IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES DOWNED.
&&
BMILLERLocal storm report, May 24, 6:00 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
600 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM HAIL BLOOMSDALE 38.01N 90.22W
05/24/2006 M0.75 INCH STE. GENEVIEVE MO COUNTY OFFICIAL
&&
BMILLERLocal storm report, May 24, 6:05 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
605 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E ROXANA 38.84N 90.03W
05/24/2006 MADISON IL AMATEUR RADIO
NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN
&&
BMILLERLocal storm report, May 24, 6:06 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
606 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E ROXANA 38.84N 90.03W
05/24/2006 MADISON IL AMATEUR RADIO
NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN
&&
BMILLERLocal storm report, May 24, 6:14 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
614 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM HAIL 1 N JAMESTOWN 38.75N 89.51W
05/24/2006 M1.75 INCH BOND IL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BMILLERLocal storm report, May 24, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
615 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0607 PM HAIL 1 N ST. ROSE 38.70N 89.55W
05/24/2006 E1.75 INCH CLINTON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BMILLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Ralls | 49 min |
| May 24, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery | 46 min |
| May 24, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren | 44 min |
| May 24, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 42 min |
| May 24, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone | 38 min |
| May 24, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway | 36 min |
| May 24, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 43 min |
| May 24, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 55 min |
| May 24, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Francois, Washington | 41 min |
| May 24, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.