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Freeze Warning 7, NWS St. Louis, MO

November 10, 20119 counties in Illinois; 12 counties in Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this freeze warning at Nov 10, 2011, 3:09 PM CST for 9 counties in Illinois; 12 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Nov 11, 2011, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 2011, 3:09 PM CST (21:09 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 11, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 11, 2011, 8:00 AM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
All 21 counties

Bond County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Madison County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 249 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1342 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

197 
WWUS73 KLSX 102109
NPWLSX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
309 PM CST THU NOV 10 2011

ILZ064-065-069-070-074-079-100>102-MOZ061>065-072>075-084-085-099-
111400-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FZ.W.0007.111111T0600Z-111111T1400Z/
BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-
MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VANDALIA...SALEM...CHESTER...
EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS...
FARMINGTON
309 PM CST THU NOV 10 2011

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST
FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT
  TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE BETWEEN 27 AND 32
  DEGREES OVER MUCH OF THE AREA.

* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY KILL ANY
  REMAINING TENDER VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL
INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO PROTECT TENDER
VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE
COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD.

&&

$$

BRITT
2 follow-up statements
674 
WWUS73 KLSX 110930
NPWLSX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
330 AM CST FRI NOV 11 2011

ILZ064-065-069-070-074-079-100>102-MOZ061>065-072>075-084-085-099-
111400-
/O.CON.KLSX.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-111111T1400Z/
BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-
MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VANDALIA...SALEM...CHESTER...
EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS...
FARMINGTON
330 AM CST FRI NOV 11 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* TIMING...BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
  THIS MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 20S...RISING
  ABOVE FREEZING AT MOST LOCATIONS AROUND 8 AM.

* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY KILL 
  ANY REMAINING TENDER VEGETATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL
INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO PROTECT TENDER
VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE
COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD.

&&

$$

TES
636 
WWUS73 KLSX 111349
NPWLSX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
749 AM CST FRI NOV 11 2011


ILZ064-065-069-070-074-079-100>102-MOZ061>065-072>075-084-085-099-
111500-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-111111T1400Z/
BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-
MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VANDALIA...SALEM...CHESTER...
EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS...
FARMINGTON
749 AM CST FRI NOV 11 2011

...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CST THIS MORNING...

MORNING TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO NEAR OR ABOVE FREEZING AND
WILL CONTINUE TO RISE.

$$

BYRD

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.