Alert archive / Missouri / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 6, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2008, 3:59 AM CDT for 9 counties in Illinois; 21 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Apr 16, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2008, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2008, 3:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
All 30 counties
Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Pike County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Marion County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Warren County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 1972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 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 160859 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 359 AM CDT WED APR 16 2008 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... ILZ058>060-095>100-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>052- 059>064-162100- /O.NEW.KLSX.WI.Y.0006.080416T1500Z-080417T0000Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL- CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...QUINCY...EDWARDSVILLE... HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA...MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY... ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS 359 AM CDT WED APR 16 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY AFTERNOON. 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...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS WHICH BE MOST VULNERABLE. $$ GLASS
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KLSX 162002 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 302 PM CDT WED APR 16 2008 ILZ058>060-095>100-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>052- 059>064-162115- /O.CAN.KLSX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080417T0000Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL- CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-KNOX-LEWIS-SHELBY-MARION-MONROE- RALLS-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU-COLE-OSAGE-CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY- LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN-ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN-ST. LOUIS- ST. LOUIS CITY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...QUINCY...EDWARDSVILLE... HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA...MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY... ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS 302 PM CDT WED APR 16 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE BEEN JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND A GRADUAL DECREASE IS EXPECTED HEADING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. $$ TRUETT/CVKING
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.