Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2008, 5:04 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Greene County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 41 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
- Jul 11, 2008, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2008, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Pike County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1732 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 112204
SVRLSX
ILC013-061-149-112245-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0367.080711T2204Z-080711T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
504 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF BELLEVIEW...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF
ELSBERRY...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 13 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITE HALL...
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 3934 9031 3925 9074 3930 9079 3941 9084
3953 9053 3953 9041
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 249DEG 11KT 3936 9069
$$
CARNEY2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 112224
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
524 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008
ILC013-061-149-112245-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0367.000000T0000Z-080711T2245Z/
CALHOUN IL-GREENE IL-PIKE IL-
524 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENE AND CALHOUN COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR BEECREEK...OR 12 MILES WEST OF WHITE HALL...AND WAS MOVING EAST
AT 12 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...PEARL...
HAYPRESS...WALKERSVILLE...HILLVIEW...PATTERSON AND BELLTOWN.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
LAT...LON 3934 9031 3925 9074 3930 9079 3941 9084
3953 9053 3953 9041
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 252DEG 11KT 3938 9062
$$
CARNEY000
WWUS53 KLSX 112246
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
546 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008
ILC013-061-149-112255-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0367.000000T0000Z-080711T2245Z/
CALHOUN IL-GREENE IL-PIKE IL-
545 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENE AND
CALHOUN COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS EXPIRES AT 545 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. HOWEVER...THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT
DEADLY LIGHTNING AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST THROUGH EASTERN
CALHOUN AND GREEN COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 3934 9031 3925 9074 3930 9079 3941 9084
3953 9053 3953 9041
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 252DEG 11KT 3938 9062
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene | 49 min |
| Jul 11, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 53 min |
| Jul 11, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Madison, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Madison | 39 min |
| Jul 11, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 49 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.