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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 19, 2010Lewis County, Marion County, Shelby County, Missouri; Adams County, Brown County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2010, 10:12 PM CDT for Lewis County, Marion County, Shelby County, Missouri; Adams County, Brown County, Illinois. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 2010, 10:12 PM CDT (03:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2010, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Lewis County, MO, Marion County, MO, Shelby County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 19, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2010-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 124 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2010-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-222 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 19, 10:04 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 10:04 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 8:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
832 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2010

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-201200-
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 MO-
LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO-BOONE MO-
AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO-
LINCOLN MO-GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO-ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO-
ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO-
WASHINGTON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO-
MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO-
832 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. A
FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

MODERATE FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG PARTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
PLEASE SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE
AREA ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

HIGH LEVELS OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL PERSIST TUESDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES CLIMBING INTO THE 100 TO 105
DEGREE RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TONIGHT...PARTICULARLY
OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1

BRITT

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 9:48 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
948 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2010

ILZ095-MOZ019-027-200330-
ADAMS IL-LEWIS MO-MARION MO-
948 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LEWIS...NORTHERN MARION AND ADAMS
COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES EAST OF
HAMILTON TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WARSAW TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WAYLAND TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOUTH GORIN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
50 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  CANTON...
  QUINCY...
  MENDON...
  LA GRANGE...
  GOLDEN...
  CAMP POINT...
  LEWISTOWN...
  LA BELLE...
  CLAYTON...
  EWING...
  MAYWOOD...
  STEFFENVILLE...
  PAYSON...
  FALL CREEK...
  BEVERLY...
  LIMA...
  MEYER...
  WOODVILLE...
  LORAINE...
  MONTICELLO...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

GLASS

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 11:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXKnox, Lewis6 hr
Jul 20, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Shelby40 min
Jul 20, 1:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis4 days
Jul 20, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Shelby42 min
Jul 20, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Shelby44 min
Jul 20, 2:17 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXMonroe, Shelby43 min
Jul 20, 2:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXShelby7 hr
Jul 20, 4:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXAudrain, Pike, Ralls6 hr
Jul 20, 4:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXKnox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Ralls and 1 more6 hr
Jul 20, 4:46 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage4 hr
Jul 20, 5:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 18 more22 hr
Jul 20, 5:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis4 days
Jul 20, 5:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion54 hr
Jul 20, 6:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren6 hr
Jul 20, 6:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion19 days
Jul 20, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway40 min
Jul 20, 7:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren40 min
Jul 20, 7:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike25 min
Jul 20, 7:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Lincoln, Montgomery, Osage, Warren37 min
Jul 20, 8:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike32 min
Jul 20, 8:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion7 days
Jul 20, 8:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles35 min
Jul 20, 9:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMonroe36 hr
Jul 20, 9:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXRalls12 hr
Jul 20, 9:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLincoln18 days
Jul 20, 10:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXKnox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Ralls and 1 more12 hr
Jul 20, 11:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis15 days
Jul 20, 1:19 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLincoln32 hr
Jul 20, 3:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXBrown8 days
Jul 20, 8:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXPike6 hr
Jul 20, 10:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXFayette34 hr
Jul 20, 12:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXBrown33 hr
Jul 20, 12:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMorgan, Pike57 hr
Jul 20, 12:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXPike, Scott12 days
Jul 20, 1:59 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXPike6 hr

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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.