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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 13, 2008Pike County, Illinois; Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2008, 11:44 AM CDT for Pike County, Illinois; Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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, 11:44 AM CDT (16:44 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2008, 12:30 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Pike County, IL, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 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 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 252 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 131644
SVRLSX
ILC149-MOC163-173-131730-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0164.080513T1644Z-080513T1730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1144 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
  CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 1142 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTER...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF VANDALIA...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPENCERBURG...
  NEW LONDON...
  FRANKFORD...
  ATLAS...

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 3948 9086 3936 9146 3934 9171 3935 9173
      3943 9173 3943 9172 3953 9172 3969 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 248DEG 27KT 3949 9149

$$

CARNEY

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 131723
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1222 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

ILC149-MOC163-173-131732-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0164.000000T0000Z-080513T1730Z/
PIKE IL-PIKE MO-RALLS MO-
1222 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN WEST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHERN RALLS AND NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTIES 
IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1230 PM 
CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER 
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. HOWEVER...THE STORM WILL BE STILL BE CAPABLE 
OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND 
PEA SIZED HAIL AS IT CONTINUES MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH.

LAT...LON 3948 9086 3936 9146 3934 9171 3935 9173
      3943 9173 3943 9172 3953 9172 3969 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 1722Z 248DEG 27KT 3960 9115

$$

CARNEY

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, 11:37 AM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 11:37 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1137 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...
/1128 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008/
FOR THE 18Z TAFS...
COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST IOWA ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
INTO WEST OKLAHOMA LATE THIS MORNING. FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA DURING THE VALID PERIOD. EXPECT FRONT TO EXTEND FROM
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO WEST ARKANSAS
BY 12Z WEDNESDAY. FRONT WILL CLEAR THE AREA BY NOON WEDNESDAY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE AREA AT THIS
TIME. EXPECT WIDESPREAD CONVECTION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

TPS

&&

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

WFO LSX

Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 7:04 AM CDT, 4 hours 40 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, 9:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 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, 1 hour 28 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

Local storm report, May 13, 10:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1043 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

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

1042 AM     HAIL             STE. GENEVIEVE          37.97N  90.05W
05/13/2008  E0.75 INCH       STE. GENEVIEVE     MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00073

SIPPRELL

Local storm report, May 13, 11:29 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1129 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

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

1129 AM     HAIL             1 W HANNIBAL            39.71N  91.40W
05/13/2008  E0.75 INCH       MARION             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00074

SIPPRELL

Local storm report, May 13, 11:33 AM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1133 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

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

1133 AM     HAIL             1 N HANNIBAL            39.72N  91.38W
05/13/2008  E1.00 INCH       MARION             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00075

SIPPRELL

Local storm report, May 13, 11:40 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1140 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

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

1037 AM     HAIL             1 W STE. GENEVIEVE      37.97N  90.07W
05/13/2008  E0.75 INCH       STE. GENEVIEVE     MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00076

MILLER

The 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, 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, 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, 11:55 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
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, 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

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.