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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 463, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 21, 2006Iron County, Saint Francois County, Washington County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2006, 12:19 PM CDT for Iron County, Saint Francois County, Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 56 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: Jul 21, 2006, 12:19 PM CDT (17:19 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2006, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Iron County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 21, 9:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 286 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: 274 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -297 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -14 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 211719
SVRLSX
MOC093-187-221-211815-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0463.060721T1719Z-060721T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1219 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHEASTERN IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  SOUTHWESTERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1216 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  BELLEVIEW...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF POTOSI...AND MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELLEVIEW...
  IRONDALE...
  BISMARCK...
  IRON MOUNTAIN...
  PILOT KNOB...
  IRONTON...
  ARCADIA...

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 3787 9091 3770 9098 3760 9077 3755 9055
      3763 9054 3780 9046

$$

JPK

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 211749
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1248 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

MOC093-187-221-211815-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0463.000000T0000Z-060721T1815Z/
IRON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-WASHINGTON MO-
1248 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHWESTERN ST. FRANCOIS AND
NORTHEASTERN IRON COUNTIES...

AT 1245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN 
BISMARCK AND DOE RUN MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE PRIMARY 
THREAT AREA WILL BE SOUTHWEST ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY. 


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 3787 9091 3770 9098 3760 9077 3755 9055
      3763 9054 3780 9046

$$

JPK

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 Jul 21, 6:18 AM CDT, 6 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 6:18 AM CDT, 6 hours 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
618 AM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

.DISCUSSION...
CDFNT EXTDS FM WK SFC LOW JUST SW OF STL W TO ANOTHER WK SFC LOW OVR
CNTRL KS ATTM. WRN PTN OF MCS OVR SRN PTNS OF IL AND IN JUST
CLIPPING THE ERN PTN OF THE CWA. THIS MCS IS JUST AHD OF WK SFC WV
ALNG FNT AND ALSO IN AREA OF RELATIVELY STG 850 MB WAA...THETA E
ADVCTN AND MOISTURE CNVG BASED ON LATEST RUC ANLYS. ANOTHER MCS
OVR MUCH OF NEBRASKA AND NWRN KS. THIS MCS WAS JUST N-NW OF SFC
LOW OVR CNTRL KS AND LOCATED ON THE NOSE OF A 30 KT SLY LLJ. SOME
OF THIS PCPN ALNG WITH CLOUD CVR MAY MAKE IT INTO THE NWRN PTN OF
THE CWA BY EARLY TO MID MRNG...ALTHOUGH THE BEST POTENTIAL OF PCPN
SHOULD OCCUR THIS AFTN AND THIS EVNG AS POSITIVELY TILTED MID-UPR
LVL TROF MOVES E-SEWD THRU THE AREA...WITH A WK SFC WV DVLPG ALNG
CDFNT AS IT MOVES SEWD THRU THE SRN PTN OF THE CWA. GFS MDL APRS
A LTL TOO DEEP WITH THIS SFC WV DUE TO FEEDBACK PROBLEMS WHICH
BGN AT 00Z SAT. PREFER WKR SOLUTION OF NAM MDL. BEST PCPN THREAT
SHOULD SLOWLY SHIFT SEWD WITH TIME THRU THE CWA TGT AS CDFNT CONTS
TO MOVE SLOWLY SEWD...WITH PCPN POTENTIAL ENDING BY 12Z SAT AS
MID-UPR LVL TROF PUSHES SE OF THE CWA AND ALSO AS SFC RDG OVR THE
PLAINS BLDS SEWD INTO THE CWA. MDLS...ESPECIALLY THE NAM DEPICTS
SOME LGT QPF OVR PARTS OF THE AREA ON SAT AND SAT NGT MAINLY DUE
TO WK NW FLOW SHRTWVS AND ASSOCIATED WK SFC TROFFINESS BUT PLAN TO
LEAVE FCST DRY FOR NOW. LOW-MID LVL MOISTURE APRS TO BE QUITE
LIMITED AFT 12Z SAT. WILL GO BLW PERSISTANCE ON MAX TEMPS
TDA...ALTHOUGH HEAT INDICES WILL STILL BE FAIRLY HIGH FM STL S AND
E DUE TO SFC DWPTS IN THE LWR TO MID 70S NR FNT. SHOULD BE QUITE A
BIT COOLER OVR THE NRN AND WRN PTNS OF THE CWA TGT DUE TO AT LEAST
PARTIAL CLRG...SFC DWPTS DROPPING INTO THE LWR 60S...AND 850 MB
TEMPS FALLING TO ARND 13-15 DGRS C.

GKS
&&

.AVIATION...
FOR THE 12Z TAFS...
HAVE MVFR CONDITIONS OVER KCOU...KSUS AND KSTL AS LOW STRATUS
ADVECTS WESTWARD EARLY THIS MORNING. WILL KEEP THESE CONDS THRU
14Z...THEN LARGE AREA OF RWS AND TRWS TO THE NW SLIDES INTO THE
REGION. THUS SPED UP TIMING OF TEMPO GROUPS FOR PCPN FOR ALL TAF
SITES AND HAD IT PERSIST LONGER...ESPECIALLY FOR KSUS AND KSTL. SOME
UNCERTAINTY WITH MODELS BEYOND TODAY...SO LEFT TAF SITES DRY AFTER
THE EVENING HOURS TODAY.

BYRD
&&

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

WFO LSX

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 8:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
836 AM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

ILZ058>060-095>099-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-050>052-
221200-
ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOONE-BROWN IL-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-GREENE IL-
JERSEY IL-KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-
MONTGOMERY IL-PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-SHELBY-
836 AM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

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...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT AS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ILZ064-065-069-070-074-079-100>102-MOZ047>049-059>065-072>075-084-
085-099-221200-
BOND IL-CLINTON IL-COLE-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-
IRON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-MADISON IL-MARION IL-MONITEAU-MONROE IL-
OSAGE-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-ST. CHARLES-ST. CLAIR IL-ST. FRANCOIS-
ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-STE. GENEVIEVE-WARREN-WASHINGTON-
WASHINGTON IL-
836 AM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE
REGION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY IN THE
HUMID AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ALONG THE COLD FRONT. A FEW STORMS
MAY BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS WELL AS LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

TILLY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 21, 12:06 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1206 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

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

1055 AM     TSTM WND DMG     FERGUSON                38.75N 90.30W
07/21/2006                   ST. LOUIS          MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            NEAR AIRPORT ROAD AND INTERSTATE 70 - NUMEROUS 6 TO 8
            INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN.

&&

CCROWE

Local storm report, Jul 21, 12:10 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1210 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

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

1100 AM     TSTM WND DMG     FLORISSANT              38.80N 90.32W
07/21/2006                   ST. LOUIS          MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            SEVERAL LOCATIONS FROM I-270 THROUGH NEW HALLS FERRY AND
            OLD HALLS FERRY ROAD HAVE 6 TO 8 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN.

&&

CCROWE

Local storm report, Jul 21, 12:14 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1214 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

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

1050 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MARYLAND HEIGHTS        38.72N 90.48W
07/21/2006                   ST. LOUIS          MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            EARTH CITY NEAR ST. CHARLES ROCK ROAD A ROOF WAS LIFTED
            OFF A HOUSE.

&&

CCROWE

Local storm report, Jul 21, 12:15 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1215 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

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

1100 AM     TSTM WND DMG     FLORISSANT              38.80N 90.32W
07/21/2006                   ST. LOUIS          MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            6 TO 8 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
            I-270 AND NEW FLORISSANT ROAD.

&&

CCROWE

Local storm report, Jul 21, 12:17 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1217 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

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

1050 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ST. CHARLES             38.79N 90.52W
07/21/2006                   ST. CHARLES        MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A FEW LARGE TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN AT AND NEAR
            LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY IN WESTERN ST. CHARLES CITY.

&&

CCROWE

Local storm report, Jul 21, 12:19 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1219 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

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

1150 AM     HAIL             AVISTON                 38.61N 89.61W
07/21/2006  E1.25 INCH       CLINTON            IL   AMATEUR RADIO

            WINDS ESTIMATED TO 70 MPH...TELEPHONE POLES BROKEN

&&

BMILLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 8:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Boone	40 min
Jul 21, 8:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain	58 min
Jul 21, 8:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Callaway	44 min
Jul 21, 9:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	50 min
Jul 21, 9:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln, Warren	58 min
Jul 21, 10:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles	60 min
Jul 21, 10:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	63 min
Jul 21, 11:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford	25 min
Jul 21, 12:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Sainte Genevieve	31 min
Jul 21, 12:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison	28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm 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.