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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 32
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Feb 26, 2009, 5:19 PM CST for 10 counties in Illinois; 57 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 2009, 5:19 PM CST (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2009, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 67 counties
Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Pike County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Barry County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Marion County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Shelby County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 50%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
16 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 5:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Hickory, Polk, St. Clair | 56 min |
| Feb 26, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 40 min |
| Feb 26, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 47 min |
| Feb 26, 6:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone | 47 min |
| Feb 26, 6:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dallas | 43 min |
| Feb 26, 6:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Laclede | 59 min |
| Feb 26, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Stone | 62 min |
| Feb 26, 6:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede, Webster, Wright | 66 min |
| Feb 26, 7:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps, Pulaski, Texas | 57 min |
| Feb 26, 7:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Pike | 41 min |
| Feb 26, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 44 min |
| Feb 26, 7:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps | 26 min |
| Feb 26, 7:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 36 min |
| Feb 26, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 48 min |
| Feb 26, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 31 min |
| Feb 26, 9:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Ozark | 57 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 6:57 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Hancock and 8 more | 93 min |
| Feb 26, 9:26 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Fulton, Greene and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 26, 12:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Caldwell, Carroll and 31 more | 114 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2009Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 2009Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.