Alert archive / Missouri / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 4, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2009, 12:16 PM CDT for 26 counties in Missouri; 17 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2009, 12:16 PM CDT (17:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
All 43 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, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Pike County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Jefferson 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 Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 441 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KLSX 081716 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1216 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-082100- /O.NEW.KLSX.WI.Y.0004.090308T1716Z-090308T2100Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... CHESTER...QUINCY...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...HANNIBAL... BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA...MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY...ST CHARLES... UNION...ST LOUIS...FARMINGTON 1216 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG GRADIENT WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF A WEATHER SYSTEM THAT IS EXITING THE REGION WILL CREATE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THIS 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. $$ BYRD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KLSX 082024 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 324 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ILZ058-095>099-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059-060- 062-072-073-082130- /O.CAN.KLSX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090308T2100Z/ GREENE IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-KNOX- LEWIS-SHELBY-MARION-MONROE-RALLS-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU-COLE- OSAGE-CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN-FRANKLIN- CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN... COLUMBIA...MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY...UNION 324 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WINDS ARE DIMINISHING AS THE SURFACE LOW RAPIDLY MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION...SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ ILZ059-060-064-065-069-070-074-079-100>102-MOZ061-063>065-074-075- 090000- /O.EXT.KLSX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090309T0000Z/ MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL- WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL- ST. CHARLES-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON-ST. FRANCOIS- STE. GENEVIEVE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... CHESTER...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...ST CHARLES...ST LOUIS... FARMINGTON 324 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG GRADIENT WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF A WEATHER SYSTEM THAT IS EXITING THE REGION WILL CREATE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY THIS EVENING. 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. $$ BYRD
000 WWUS73 KLSX 090011 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 711 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ILZ059-060-064-065-069-070-074-079-100>102-MOZ061-063>065-074-075- 090115- /O.EXP.KLSX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090309T0000Z/ MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL- WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL- ST. CHARLES-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON-ST. FRANCOIS- STE. GENEVIEVE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... CHESTER...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...ST CHARLES...ST LOUIS... FARMINGTON 711 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE SLOWLY DIMINISHED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...AND THIS GRADUAL DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS SHOULD CONTINUE AFTER SUNSET. $$ TRUETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 9:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Knox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Shelby | 8 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage | 38 min |
| Mar 8, 9:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Lincoln, Montgomery and 2 more | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Osage | 26 min |
| Mar 8, 9:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Warren | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 10:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren | 26 min |
| Mar 8, 10:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 10:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 36 min |
| Mar 8, 10:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 11:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 2:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 5 days |
| Mar 8, 2:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 4 days |
| Mar 8, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery | 44 min |
| Mar 8, 11:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Macoupin | 13 min |
| Mar 8, 11:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 43 min |
| Mar 8, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 10 min |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Missouri, 2009Wind Advisories in Illinois, 2009Every wind advisory in 2009
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.