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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 27, 2008Madison County, Saint Clair County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2008, 3:29 PM CDT for Madison County, Saint Clair County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min. 10 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: Jun 27, 2008, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2008, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Madison County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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
Jun 27, 3:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Mascoutah, IL	12 DIAMETER TREE DOWN.
Jun 27, 3:38 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Se Mascoutah, IL	TREES DOWN OF 6 TO 7 INCH DIAMETER SIZE.
Jun 27, 3:38 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	2 Se Mascoutah, IL
Jun 27, 3:40 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	1 S Belleville, IL
Jun 27, 3:43 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Belleville, IL
Jun 27, 3:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Belleville, IL
Jun 27, 3:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Belleville, IL	LIMBS DOWN ON GROUND AND ACROSS POWER LINES AT THE INTERSECTION OF LOCAL HIGHWAYS 77 AND 158.
Jun 27, 3:50 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Scott Afb, IL
Jun 27, 3:50 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Shiloh, IL
Jun 27, 3:51 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 57	Scott Afb, IL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 5 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 minutes after it went out.

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
Jun 27, 12:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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: 301 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1261 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 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 272029
SVRLSX
ILC119-163-272115-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0340.080627T2029Z-080627T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
329 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
  NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 326 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLSTADT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELLEVILLE...
  SWANSEA...
  FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS...
  SHILOH...
  OFALLON...
  SCOTT AFB...
  MASCOUTAH...
  LEBANON...

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN ST LOUIS.

LAT...LON 3850 8971 3839 9012 3841 9015 3842 9014
      3849 9023 3873 8983 3860 8971
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 242DEG 31KT 3849 9009

$$

TILLY

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 272109
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
408 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

ILC119-163-272118-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-080627T2115Z/
ST. CLAIR IL-MADISON IL-
408 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MADISON AND NORTHERN
ST. CLAIR COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 415 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING 
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. 

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM.

LAT...LON 3850 8971 3839 9012 3841 9015 3842 9014
      3849 9023 3873 8983 3860 8971
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 241DEG 38KT 3857 8968

$$

TILLY

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 Jun 27, 1:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 1:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
100 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

.DISCUSSION...
/1210 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008/
STRONG UPPER TROF WILL DIG SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND
INTO THE GREAT LAKES THIS WEEKEND. ONE MORE ROUND OF POTENTIALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE DRIER AND COOLER
AIRMASS FILTERS INTO THE MIDWEST.

MCV FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION EXPECTED TO GENERATE SOME THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY ACROSS THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON AS ATMOSPHERE BECOMES
INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE. THINK THIS ACTIVITY WILL EXIT EAST BY SUNSET
GIVEN CURRENT SPEED OF MCV FEATURE.

SURFACE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AND ENTER THE CWA LATE TONIGHT. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL
REMAIN IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...AND APPEARS THAT THE AREA
IS IN STORE FOR ANOTHER MCS TONIGHT AS NOSE OF LOW LEVEL JET VEERS
INTO MISSOURI WITH THE APPROACH OF SHORTWAVE/COLD FRONT. ULTIMATE
LOCATION OF THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IS STILL UNKNOWN BUT POINTS ALONG
THE I-70 CORRIDOR SEEM MOST REASONABLE GIVEN SPEED OF THE COLD FRONT
AND MODEL FORECAST DYNAMICS.

FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE SOUTHEAST ON SATURDAY WITH BEST CHANCES
OF THUNDERSTORMS SHIFTING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA...BEFORE ENDING
DURING THE AFTERNOON. OTHER THAN SOME SHOWERS ACROSS THE EASTERN
HALF OF THE CWA ON SUNDAY...A DRY PERIOD IS EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA.

CVKING

&&

.AVIATION...
/1257 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008/
FOR THE 18Z TAFS...LATEST FCSTS ATTEMPT TO REFLECT TWO ROUNDS OF
CNVTN...ONE WITH MCV ERY THIS AFTN...AND SECOND WITH STG WAA THAT
FORMS OVRNGT. ANY ADDL DVLPMT AFT 18Z SHUD BE E OF A UIN-COU
LN...SO STL AND SUS WL BE PRIMARY TARGETS FOR CNVTN IN THE 20-22Z
TIME FRAME. ONCE TAIL END OF SHTWV EXITS...WE WL THEN BE IN A
WAITING MODE FOR ROUND TWO. STILL WORKING ON TIMING AND MAIN FOCUS
POINT FOR THE OVRNGT CNVTN...BUT ATTM IT APRS THAT IT WL HOLD OFF
AT MOST TAF LOCATIONS UNTIL AFT 06Z.

TRUETT

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
CRITICAL HYRDOLOGIC CONDS PERSIST ALG THE MSRVR FROM STL N...AND
THE UPCOMING WET WX THRU TNGT WONT HELP. ITS A CERTAINTY THAT
THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE CAUSING WATER LEVELS TO RMN
HIGH...ADDING PROLONGED STRESS TO THE ALREADY WATER-LOGGED LEVEES.
BUT...HOW THIS RAIN WL BE AFFECTING CREST FORECASTS IS SIMPLY
UNKNOWN ATTM AS ITS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT HOW MUCH AND/OR
WHERE THE RAINFALL WL BE OCRG. IN ADDITION TO THE CHGS IN CREST
FCSTS PRODUCED BY LEVEE CHGS...FCSTS WL RMN SOMEWHAT IN A STATE OF
FLUX UNTIL SAT MRNG...WHEN HYDROLOGIC MODELS HV A CHANCE TO
ACCURATELY INGEST RAINFALL AND RUNOFF.

TRUETT/TES

&&

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

WFO LSX

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 4:25 AM CDT, 11 hours 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
425 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-281200-
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-
425 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 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

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...WITH CHANCES
INCREASING HEADING INTO LATE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A SLOW
MOVING COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD
BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. POCKETS OF HEAVY
RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION ON CONVECTIVE WATCHES...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
STORM PREDICTION CENTER WATCH PRODUCTS.

MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG PARTS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI AND ILLINOIS RIVERS. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD
STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ON SATURDAY...PRIMARILY
SOUTH AND EAST OF ST. LOUIS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY ONCE AGAIN
BE SEVERE.

MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PARTS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI AND ILLINOIS RIVERS. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD
STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY FROM LATE AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT FOR AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF ST. LOUIS. SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

&&

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

TES

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 12:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1210 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

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

1208 PM     TSTM WND GST     HANNIBAL                39.71N  91.38W
06/27/2008  E50 MPH          MARION             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00573

SIPPRELL

Local storm report, Jun 27, 12:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1238 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

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

1237 PM     HAIL             PLAINVILLE              39.78N  91.18W
06/27/2008  M0.75 INCH       ADAMS              IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY SIZE HAIL AND 50 MPH WIND GUSTS OBSERVED.

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00574

CVKING

Local storm report, Jun 27, 12:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1244 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

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

1243 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 E LIBERTY             39.88N  90.98W
06/27/2008  E60 MPH          ADAMS              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00575

CVKING

Local storm report, Jun 27, 12:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1246 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

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

1221 PM     TORNADO          1 S HULL                39.69N  91.20W
06/27/2008                   PIKE               IL   OTHER FEDERAL

            BRIEF TOUCHDOWN.

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00576

SIPPRELL

Local storm report, Jun 27, 2:30 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
230 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

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

0224 PM     HAIL             GILLESPIE               39.13N  89.82W
06/27/2008  E0.75 INCH       MACOUPIN           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00577

SIPPRELL

Local storm report, Jun 27, 3:09 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
309 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

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

0306 PM     HAIL             3 NW COFFEEN            39.12N  89.43W
06/27/2008  E0.75 INCH       MONTGOMERY         IL   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00578

SIPPRELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	34 min
Jun 27, 4:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Washington	3 hr
Jun 27, 12:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Pike	56 min
Jun 27, 12:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Adams, Pike	29 min
Jun 27, 12:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown, Pike	52 min
Jun 27, 1:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Greene, Pike	23 min
Jun 27, 1:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown, Pike	27 min
Jun 27, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Montgomery	43 min
Jun 27, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette, Montgomery	45 min
Jun 27, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington	27 min
Jun 27, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	33 min
Jun 27, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Bond, Fayette, Montgomery	45 min
Jun 27, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington	48 min
Jun 27, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	38 min
Jun 27, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Marion	48 min
Jun 27, 4:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Fayette	29 min
Jun 27, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	30 min
Jun 27, 4:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Washington	21 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.