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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 4, 2010Adams County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2010, 8:52 PM CDT for Adams County, Illinois. It was in force for 19 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2010, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2010, 9:11 PM CDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Adams County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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 was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 4, 8:59 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 W Fowler, IL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 7 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 4, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1395 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 3.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

142 
WUUS53 KLSX 050152
SVRLSX
ILC001-050230-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0098.100605T0152Z-100605T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
852 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 849 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  SOUTH OF MENDON...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS      
  STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PAYSON...BEVERLY...PALOMA...COATSBURG...COLUMBUS...BURTON...
  ADAMS...LIBERTY...KELLERVILLE...PLAINVILLE...RICHFIELD AND
  KINGSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3996 9092 3977 9092 3976 9128 4006 9144
      4015 9130
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 326DEG 28KT 3999 9130
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

KANOFSKY

1 follow-up statement

183 
WWUS53 KLSX 050211
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
911 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2010

ILC001-050222-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-100605T0230Z/
ADAMS IL-
911 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ADAMS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3996 9092 3977 9092 3976 9128 4006 9144
      4015 9130
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 326DEG 28KT 3986 9119

$$

KANOFSKY

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 Jun 4, 7:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 7:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
724 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2010

.DISCUSSION...
/350 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2010/

PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH THIS FCST PCKG ARE AFTN/EVE TSRA...POTENTIAL
FOR A NOCTURNAL MCS IMPACTING THE AREA OVERNIGHT...AND PCPN CHCS
THROUGH THE WEEK.

TSRA EXPECTED TO DVLP THIS AFTN/EVE NEAR THE MO/IA BORDER INVOF A
QUASISTATIONARY FNT STRETCHING FM NERN KS/SERN NE THROUGH NWRN MO
INTO SERN IA AND NRN IL. MID-AFTN MLCAPE VALUES RANGED FM 1500 TO
2500 J/KG ACROSS THE CWA WITH MUCH HIGHER VALUES NOTED FARTHER NW.
SOME OF THE STORMS THAT DVLP THIS AFTN/EVE COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
OR DAMAGING WINDS GIVEN 30-40 KTS OF 0-6 KM SHEAR WITH AMPLE
INSTABILITY.

ATTN THEN TURNS TO PCPN CHCS OVERNIGHT AS H85 LLJ RAMPS UP TO THE
WEST. LLJ IMPINGING ON THE QUASISTATIONARY FNT OVER NW MO/ERN KS
SHOULD LEAD TO DVLPMT OF A MCS. THE DIFFICULT PART IS DETERMINING
WHETHER THE MCS WILL TRACK INTO THE CWA OVERNIGHT...AND
UNFORTUNATELY THIS MAY NOT BE KNOWN UNTIL AFTER IT HAS ALREADY
DVLPD. BOTH BACKBUILDING AND FORWARD PROPAGATING CORFIDI VECTORS
POINT E/ESE IN IA BUT TURN TO THE SE/S IN MO. THIS SUGGESTS THAT
THE EVENTUAL TRACK OF THE MCS WILL DEPEND HIGHLY ON WHERE IT
INITIATES AND THE STRENGTH OF ITS COLD POOL. IF THE MCS FORMS IN
NEB OR IA IT SHOULD REMAIN N OF THE CWA ALTHOUGH ITS SRN EDGE MAY
CLIP FAR NERN MO AND EXTREME W CENTRAL IL. IF THE MCS FORMS
FARTHER SOUTH IT COULD AFFECT NRN PARTS OF THE CWA. GIVEN THE
UNCERTAINTIES INVOLVED...I MAINTAINED A GENERAL NORTH TO SOUTH POP
GRADIENT WITH THE HIGHEST CHCS IN THE FAR NRN PARTS OF THE CWA FOR
TONIGHT.

TSRA CHCS CONTINUE ON SAT WITH AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND OUTFLOW
BDRYS FM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION. VALUES OF CAPE AND SHEAR WILL BE
SUFFICIENT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SAT BEFORE THE BDRY
PROGRESSES S OF THE CWA AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN TO THE AREA.
PATTN TRANSITIONS TO NW FLOW ALOFT BY SUN AS AN UPPER LVL RIDGE
BUILDS ACROSS THE WRN CONUS. CONDITIONS STILL LOOK FAVORABLE FOR
TSRA EARLY NEXT WEEK ON MON/MON NIGHT AND TUE/TUE NIGHT AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS A WMFNT NEWD THROUGH THE AREA. ECMWF/GFS
CONTINUE TO DISAGREE ON HOW FAR S THE BDRY PROGRESSES.

KANOFSKY

&&

.AVIATION...
/641 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2010/

MAIN CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE CONVECTION THIS EVENING. BROKEN LINE
OF SUPERCELL TSTMS HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHERN MO OVER THE PAST
2 HOURS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SE DURING THE
EVENING. INTRODUCED TEMPO AT KUIN TO COVER THIS ACTIVITY. LESS
CONFIDENT ON HOW FAR SOUTH THIS LINE WILL MAKE IT...SO HAVE A CB
GROUP AT KCOU. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS
EASTERN NE AND WESTERN IOWA OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THIS CONVECTION MAY
SAG SOUTH INTO NORTHERN MO AFTER MIDNIGHT. KUIN HAS THE BEST
CHANCE OF TSTMS...LEFT A CB GROUP IN OVERNIGHT TO ACCOUNT TO
UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING. THE COLD FRONT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CURRENT
CONVECTION WILL NOT MOVE MUCH OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...SO EXPECT
ANOTHER ROUND OF TSTMS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
EVENING. OTHERWISE EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS WITH S/SW WINDS AROUND
10 KTS.

SPECIFICS FOR KSTL...
DON/T EXPECT CURRENT ACTIVITY OVER NORTHERN MO TO REACH THE
TERMINAL. ADDITIONAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT ACROSS
EASTERN NE AND WESTERN IA. ATTM DON/T THINK ANY OF THAT WILL MAKE
IT FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO AFFECT THE TERMINAL...BUT WOULDN/T BE AT
ALL SURPRISED IF IT MADE A PUSH TO THE SOUTH TOWARDS DAYBREAK.
THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR TSTMS SATURDAY EVENING AND INTO THE
NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY PUSHES SE.

MILLER

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
&&

WFO LSX

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 4:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
408 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2010

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-051130-
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-
408 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 70 TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 70 ON SATURDAY. THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL.

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE MONDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST
MISSOURI AND FAR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

&&

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

KANOFSKY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
710 PM CDT FRI JUN 04 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0707 PM     HAIL             3 N EWING               40.05N  91.71W
06/04/2010  E1.75 INCH       LEWIS              MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

JP

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
712 PM CDT FRI JUN 04 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0707 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 NE EWING              40.04N  91.67W
06/04/2010                   LEWIS              MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

JP

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:23 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
823 PM CDT FRI JUN 04 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0823 PM     HAIL             MONTICELLO              40.12N  91.71W
06/04/2010  E0.25 INCH       LEWIS              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

GKS

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:40 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
840 PM CDT FRI JUN 04 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0839 PM     HAIL             1 W LIMA                40.18N  91.39W
06/04/2010  E1.75 INCH       ADAMS              IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

JP

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:41 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
841 PM CDT FRI JUN 04 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0840 PM     HAIL             3 W LIMA                40.18N  91.43W
06/04/2010  E1.00 INCH       ADAMS              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

GKS

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:52 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
852 PM CDT FRI JUN 04 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0848 PM     WALL CLOUD       1 NE QUINCY             39.94N  91.38W
06/04/2010                   ADAMS              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	38 min
Jun 4, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	45 min
Jun 5, 10:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Brown	39 days
Jun 5, 10:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Morgan, Pike	40 days
Jun 5, 11:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Randolph	82 days

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.