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Wind Advisory 4, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this wind advisory at Apr 11, 2008, 9:32 AM CDT for 6 counties in Missouri; 14 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2008, 9:32 AM CDT (14:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
Counties Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Pike County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Pike County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1175 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KLSX 111432 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 932 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-095>102-MOZ036-052-061-063>065-111900- /O.NEW.KLSX.WI.Y.0004.080411T1432Z-080411T1900Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL- ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-PIKE-LINCOLN-ST. CHARLES-ST. LOUIS- ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...QUINCY... EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...ST CHARLES...ST LOUIS 932 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TIL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS GUSTING 45 TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER PARTS OF EXTREME EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER CENTRAL IOWA WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG SURFACE WINDS OVER THE REGION. WIND GUSTS WILL DROP TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE REGION. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. $$ RP
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KLSX 111922 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 222 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-095>102-MOZ036-052-061-063>065-120000- /O.EXP.KLSX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080411T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KLSX.WI.Y.0005.080411T1922Z-080412T0000Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL- ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-PIKE-LINCOLN-ST. CHARLES-ST. LOUIS- ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...QUINCY... EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...ST CHARLES...ST LOUIS 222 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TIL 7:00 PM CDT THIS FRIDAY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TIL EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 35 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER EASTERN IOWA WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG SURFACE WINDS OVER THE REGION. WIND GUSTS WILL SLOWLY RETREAT TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATER THIS EVENING OVER THE REGION. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. $$ RP
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2:22 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LSX | Jefferson, Lincoln, Pike, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 24 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.