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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 19, 2011Franklin County, Warren County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2011, 6:14 PM CDT for Franklin County, Warren County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min. 4 reports 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
Apr 19, 2011, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 19, 6:19 PM CDTHAIL 12 W Leslie, MO
Apr 19, 6:21 PM CDTHAIL 1.756 N Beaufort, MOHAIL OBSERVED NEAR HIGHWAYS 185 AND YY
Apr 19, 6:23 PM CDTHAIL 1.7510 S New Haven, MO
Apr 19, 6:28 PM CDTHAIL 13 Sw Washington, MO

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 19, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 284 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 2011-04-19Temperature 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 2011-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 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
453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

073 
WUUS53 KLSX 192314
SVRLSX
MOC071-219-192345-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0102.110419T2314Z-110419T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
614 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTH CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF GERALD...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF NEW HAVEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW HAVEN...BEAUFORT...TRELOAR...MARTHASVILLE...NOSER MILL...LYON
  AND HOLSTEIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH 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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9104 3838 9105 3836 9136 3864 9138
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 252DEG 54KT 3849 9126
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN

$$

GLASS
1 follow-up statement
920 
WWUS53 KLSX 192320
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
620 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

MOC071-219-192345-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-110419T2345Z/
FRANKLIN MO-WARREN MO-
620 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
WARREN AND NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEAUFORT...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF
NEW HAVEN...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN 
REPORTED IN BEAUFORT.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MARTHASVILLE AND HOLSTEIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH 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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9104 3838 9105 3836 9136 3864 9138
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 252DEG 54KT 3852 9115
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN

$$

GLASS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 2:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Moniteau, Osage39 min
Apr 19, 3:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage41 min
Apr 19, 3:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Gasconade, Osage49 min
Apr 19, 3:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau21 min
Apr 19, 3:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 4 more48 min
Apr 19, 4:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike40 min
Apr 19, 4:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Montgomery, Warren47 min
Apr 19, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Washington32 min
Apr 19, 5:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Franklin, Saint Charles, Warren, Washington37 min
Apr 19, 5:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Washington47 min
Apr 19, 6:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXJefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis3 hr
Apr 19, 6:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson38 min
Apr 19, 6:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis49 min
Apr 19, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis37 min
Apr 19, 8:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles30 hr
Apr 19, 11:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLincoln19 days
Apr 19, 11:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis30 days
Apr 19, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike, Ralls44 min
Apr 19, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Montgomery, Pike42 min
Apr 19, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Osage51 min
Apr 19, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike46 min
Apr 19, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Franklin, Gasconade, Osage51 min
Apr 19, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery, Warren44 min
Apr 19, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike44 min
Apr 19, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis49 min
Apr 19, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Montgomery, Saint Charles, Warren44 min
Apr 19, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Montgomery, Saint Charles, Warren47 min
Apr 19, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis47 min
Apr 19, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln34 min
Apr 19, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Charles, Warren34 min
Apr 19, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Franklin, Gasconade32 min
Apr 19, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren48 min
Apr 19, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds60 min
Apr 19, 6:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles3 hr
Apr 19, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Madison, Reynolds, Saint Francois, Washington53 min
Apr 19, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Charles30 min
Apr 19, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Reynolds39 min
Apr 19, 6:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXFranklin, Warren5 hr
Apr 19, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis64 min

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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.