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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 5, 2008, 3:36 PM CST for Calhoun County, Jersey County, Illinois; Lincoln County, Saint Charles County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 min. 8 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
- Feb 5, 2008, 3:36 PM CST (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2008, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Lincoln County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 3:41 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | O'Fallon, MO | REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE. |
| Feb 5, 3:43 PM CST | HAIL 0.25 | O'Fallon, MO | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL IN OFALLON. |
| Feb 5, 3:44 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | O'Fallon, MO | AT MEXICO ROAD AND HWY K. |
| Feb 5, 3:47 PM CST | HAIL 0.25 | O'Fallon, MO | LOTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL AT I-70 AND HWY K/M. CAUSING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. |
| Feb 5, 3:47 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | O'Fallon, MO | HWY K AND FEISE ROAD. |
| Feb 5, 3:50 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | 1 S O'Fallon, MO | DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL 2.5 INCHES DEEP COVERING THE GROUND AT INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY K AND MEXICO ROAD. |
| Feb 5, 3:56 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | O'Fallon, MO | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE COVERING THE GOUND. STORM DRAINS BECOMING CLOGGED CAUSNING PONDING OF WATER. |
| Feb 5, 4:05 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Grafton, IL | PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 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 052137
SVRLSX
ILC013-083-MOC113-183-052200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0039.080205T2136Z-080205T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
336 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
EASTERN ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
SOUTHWESTERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 400 PM CST
* AT 332 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LAKE ST. LOUIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST. PAUL...
ST. PETERS...
HARVESTER...
ST. CHARLES...
ORCHARD FARMS...
GRAFTON...
ELSAH...
PORTAGE DES SIOUX...
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.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN DEFIANCE WITH
THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3892 9028 3883 9045 3871 9056 3869 9063
3869 9065 3868 9065 3868 9068 3884 9090
3913 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 223DEG 54KT 3875 9078
$$
TILLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 45 min |
| Feb 4, 8:50 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Fayette | 5 days |
| Feb 4, 10:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey | 48 min |
| Feb 4, 11:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 38 min |
| Feb 5, 4:20 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | Adams, Brown | 35 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison | 35 min |
| Feb 5, 4:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin | 5 hr |
| Feb 4, 8:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike | 52 min |
| Feb 4, 9:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Feb 4, 9:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Warren | 48 min |
| Feb 4, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Osage | 26 min |
| Feb 4, 10:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Lincoln, Montgomery, Warren | 47 min |
| Feb 5, 3:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Warren | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 3:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Osage | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Warren | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington | 29 min |
| Feb 5, 5:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Iron, Reynolds, Washington | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.