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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 13, 2008Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri; Randolph County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2008, 10:27 AM CDT for Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri; Randolph County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 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 13, 2008, 10:27 AM CDT (15:27 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2008, 10:58 AM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Randolph County, IL, Sainte Genevieve County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 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 13, 10:37 AM CDT	HAIL 0.75	1 W Ste. Genevieve, MO
May 13, 10:42 AM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Ste. Genevieve, 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 257 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 207 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 131527
SVRLSX
ILC157-MOC186-131630-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0159.080513T1527Z-080513T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1027 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI   
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 1023 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STE. GENEVIEVE...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 27 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STE. GENEVIEVE...
  EVANSVILLE...
  BREMEN...
  STEELEVILLE...
  PERCY...
  SPARTA...
  COULTERVILLE...
  TILDEN...

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 3799 9025 3822 8970 3822 8969 3822 8960
      3801 8961 3785 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 247DEG 24KT 3793 9011

$$

CVKING

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 131540
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1040 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

ILC157-MOC186-131630-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-080513T1630Z/
RANDOLPH IL-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-
1040 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
FOR EASTERN STE. GENEVIEVE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...

AT 1037 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STE. GENEVIEVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 28
MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...ROOTS...
ELLIS GROVE...NEW PALESTINE...BLAIR AND EDEN.

LAT...LON 3804 9014 3822 8970 3822 8961 3821 8960
      3801 8961 3790 8998
TIME...MOT...LOC 1540Z 247DEG 24KT 3796 9001

$$

CVKING

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 131551
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1051 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

MOC186-131601-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-080513T1630Z/
STE. GENEVIEVE MO-
1051 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3807 9007 3822 8970 3822 8961 3821 8960
      3803 8961 3801 8962 3793 8991
TIME...MOT...LOC 1551Z 247DEG 24KT 3799 8992

$$

ILC157-131630-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-080513T1630Z/
RANDOLPH IL-
1051 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY...

AT 1047 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROOTS...OR 
JUST NORTHEAST OF STE. GENEVIEVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 28 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...NEW
PALESTINE...WALSH...PRESTON...BLAIR...STEELEVILLE...EDEN...PERCY AND
SPARTA.

LAT...LON 3807 9007 3822 8970 3822 8961 3821 8960
      3803 8961 3801 8962 3793 8991
TIME...MOT...LOC 1551Z 247DEG 24KT 3799 8992

$$

CVKING

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 131558
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1059 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

ILC157-131609-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-080513T1630Z/
RANDOLPH IL-
1059 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3807 9007 3822 8970 3822 8961 3821 8960
      3803 8961 3801 8962 3793 8991
TIME...MOT...LOC 1559Z 247DEG 24KT 3801 8986

$$

CVKING

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 May 13, 4:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 4:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 57 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, 7:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
704 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-
704 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. ALTHOUGH A FEW OF THE STORMS THIS MORNING
COULD PRODUCE SOME HAIL...THE PRIMARY THREAT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THESE LATE
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE 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 EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1

TRUETT

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 7:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
726 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

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

0720 AM     HAIL             ARNOLD                  38.43N  90.37W
05/13/2008  E0.50 INCH       JEFFERSON          MO   PUBLIC

            I 55 AND RICHARDSON RD

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00067

MILLER

Local storm report, May 13, 8:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
815 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

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

0810 AM     HAIL             1 N COLUMBIA            38.47N  90.23W
05/13/2008  E0.75 INCH       MONROE             IL   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00068

SIPPRELL

Local storm report, May 13, 8:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
855 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

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

0854 AM     HAIL             MODOC                   38.05N  90.04W
05/13/2008  E0.88 INCH       RANDOLPH           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00069

SIPPRELL

Local storm report, May 13, 8:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
857 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

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

0856 AM     HAIL             MODOC                   38.05N  90.04W
05/13/2008  E0.75 INCH       RANDOLPH           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            COVERING THE GROUND AND COMING DOWN HARD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00070

SIPPRELL

Local storm report, May 13, 9:38 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
938 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

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

0937 AM     HAIL             BLOOMSDALE              38.01N  90.22W
05/13/2008  E1.00 INCH       STE. GENEVIEVE     MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00071

SIPPRELL

Local storm report, May 13, 10:16 AM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1016 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

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

1015 AM     HAIL             1 W SHELBINA            39.69N  92.06W
05/13/2008  E0.75 INCH       SHELBY             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00072

SIPPRELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 5:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln, Warren	41 min
May 13, 5:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Saint Charles, Warren	40 min
May 13, 6:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Louis	46 min
May 13, 6:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln, Pike	14 min
May 13, 7:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	18 min
May 13, 7:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	31 min
May 13, 9:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Sainte Genevieve	40 min
May 13, 9:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Shelby	40 min
May 13, 10:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Shelby	28 min
May 13, 10:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby	45 min
May 13, 10:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain, Boone, Monroe, Ralls	42 min
May 13, 11:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion, Ralls	45 min
May 13, 11:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike, Ralls	46 min
May 13, 11:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles, Saint Louis	26 min
May 13, 12:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion, Ralls	66 min
May 13, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	37 min
May 13, 5:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Pike	33 min
May 13, 5:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	51 min
May 13, 6:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	24 min
May 13, 8:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph	51 min
May 13, 10:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison	10 min
May 13, 11:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Clair	23 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

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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.