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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 22, 2007Montgomery County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2007, 4:43 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 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 22, 2007, 4:43 AM CDT (09:43 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2007, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Montgomery County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 22, 2:59 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 2007-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 457 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2007-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 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
457 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 220943
SVRLSX
ILC135-221015-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0021.070322T0943Z-070322T1015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
443 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 438 AM 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 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LITCHFIELD...OR ABOUT NEAR GILLESPIE...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HILLSBORO...
  TAYLOR SPRINGS...
  COFFEEN...
  WITT...

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.

LAT...LON 3921 8970 3900 8970 3904 8926 3927 8926

$$

TRUETT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLSX 221017
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
516 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

ILC135-221026-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070322T1015Z/
MONTGOMERY IL-
516 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
EXPIRED AT 515 AM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER 
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.  HOWEVER...THE STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING PEA SIZED HAIL SOUTH OF NOKOMIS UNTIL 530 AM.  

ALSO...ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM.

LAT...LON 3921 8970 3900 8970 3904 8926 3927 8926

$$

TRUETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 3:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams, Brown26 min
Mar 22, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin27 min
Mar 22, 5:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Saint Clair25 min
Mar 22, 8:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXRandolph5 hr
Mar 22, 10:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchLSXCalhoun, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair3 hr
Mar 22, 3:39 PM CDTFlood WatchLSXAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more20 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.