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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2008, 5:54 AM CDT for Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 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
- May 13, 2008, 5:54 AM CDT (10:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2008, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pike County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 146 days |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KLSX 131053
SVRLSX
ILC149-131145-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0150.080513T1054Z-080513T1145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
554 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 645 AM CDT
* AT 549 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF ATLAS...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LOUISIANA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 31 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATLAS...
PITTSFIELD...
GRIGGSVILLE...
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 3983 9077 3961 9061 3946 9104 3949 9107
3953 9109 3954 9110 3954 9112 3960 9120
TIME...MOT...LOC 1054Z 234DEG 27KT 3957 9109
$$
TRUETT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 131112
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
612 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008
ILC149-131145-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-080513T1145Z/
PIKE IL-
612 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT
FOR PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
AT 609 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EL DARA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF
PITTSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 31 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
BAYLIS...PITTSFIELD...NEW SALEM...DETROIT...GRIGGSVILLE AND PERRY.
LAT...LON 3983 9077 3961 9061 3946 9104 3949 9107
3953 9109 3954 9110 3954 9112 3960 9120
TIME...MOT...LOC 1112Z 234DEG 27KT 3964 9093
$$
TRUETTWhat 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 13, 4:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 4:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 430 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008 .DISCUSSION... /430 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008/ MAIN FCST ISSUE FOR TDY WL BE CVNTN AND MAX TEMPS. THE LARGEST FCST PROBLEM TDY IS POPS. MDLS INDICATE WAA PRECIP AHEAD OF CDFNT FOR MUCH OF TDY. EVEN WITH WAA AHEAD OF THE CDFNT...ATMO SHUD DESTABILIZE ENUF THAT CVNTN WL DEVELOP ALONG CDFNT AS THE CAP WEAKENS AS INITIAL S/W MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTN. GIVEN FCST HODOGRAPHS...DISCRETE SUPERCELLS ARE THE ANTICIPATED MODE OF CVNTN WITH LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES BEING THE MAIN THREAT. THE THREAT OF SVR WX WL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TNGT AS ATMO STABILIZES. THE CDFNT WL STALL ACROSS NRN AR AS THE SFC HIGH BUILDS INTO THE REGION ON WED. MDLS HAVE A CUT OFF UPR LOW DEVELOP ACROSS WRN US LATER TDY. THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO OPEN UP AND WL BE THE NEXT WX PRODUCER AS IT LIFTS NEWD WITH A DEVELOPING SFC LOW ON THURS. MDLS INDICATE THIS SYSTEM MAY BE MORE OF A +RA EVENT AS OPPOSED TO SVR WX. ATTM...AM KEEPING QPF AMOUNTS DWN AS MDLS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THIS S/W AS IT APPROACHES THE AREA. AFTER PRECIP CHCS ON THURS AND EARLY FRI...WE SHUD DRY OUT OVR THE WEEKEND WITH NWLY AND WLY WINDS KEEPING TEMPS BLW SEASONAL AVGS. TRENDED TWD WRMR MOS FOR TDY AND TNGT WHILE GOING TWD COOLER MOS FOR TMW AND INTO FRI MRNG. TILLY && .AVIATION... /1100 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2008/ FOR THE 06Z TAFS...SURFACE RIDGE HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST ALLOWING SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS TO RETURN TO THE AREA THIS EVENING. IN THE MEANTIME...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS QUICKLY RETURNING TO THE REGION WITH SATELLITE SHOWING SC DECK SPREADING NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHWESTERN MO AS OF 04Z. THIS IS AHEAD OF NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM AND WILL SEE THE SC DECK SPREAD INTO KCOU BY 10Z...THEN INTO KUIN BY 12Z. DUE TO SOME RESIDUAL RIDGING OVER SOUTHEASTERN MO...KSUS/KSTL WILL NOT SEE SC DECK MOVE INTO TIL AFTER 21Z. AS FOR PCPN CHANCES...KCOU WILL SEE SOME SCATTERED RWS DEVELOP IN WARM SECTOR BEGINNING AROUND 18Z...THEN AFFECT KUIN AROUND 21Z. KSUS/KSTL WILL NOT SEE SHOWERS TIL AFTER 02Z. THE MORE ROBUST ACTIVITY WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT WHICH IS PROGGED TO MOVE INTO KCOU AROUND 06Z WEDNESDAY...SO ADDED MENTION OF PREDOMINANT TRWS FOR KCOU BEGINNING AT 04Z. REST OF SITES TO NOT SEE MAIN ACTIVITY TIL JUST AFTER CURRENT FORECAST PERIOD. BYRD && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && WFO LSX
Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 4:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 443 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-141200- GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL- CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX-LEWIS- SHELBY-MARION-MONROE-RALLS-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU-COLE-OSAGE- CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN-ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN- ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON- ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE-IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS- 443 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE REGION. SOME OF THESE STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAY BE SEVERE WITH A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. MODERATE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. PLEASE REFER TO THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD PRODUCT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES OUT OF THE AREA. MODERATE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. PLEASE REFER TO THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD PRODUCT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1 TILLY
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 13, 5:45 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
545 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0544 AM HAIL HAWK POINT 38.97N 91.13W
05/13/2008 E0.75 INCH LINCOLN MO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00062
TRUETTLocal storm report, May 13, 5:46 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
546 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 AM HAIL TROY 38.98N 90.98W
05/13/2008 E0.88 INCH LINCOLN MO NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00063
TRUETTLocal storm report, May 13, 5:47 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
547 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0538 AM HAIL ROSEBUD 38.39N 91.40W
05/13/2008 E0.50 INCH GASCONADE MO CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00064
TRUETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 33 min |
| May 13, 5:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 41 min |
| May 13, 6:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 24 min |
| May 13, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 14 min |
| May 13, 7:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 18 min |
| May 13, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 31 min |
| May 13, 8:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 51 min |
| May 13, 9:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 40 min |
| May 13, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 31 min |
| May 13, 10:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 10 min |
| May 13, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 45 min |
| May 13, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 46 min |
| May 13, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 23 min |
| May 13, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 26 min |
| May 13, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 66 min |
| May 13, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown, Pike | 19 min |
| May 13, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 11 min |
| May 13, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 15 min |
| May 13, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.