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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 28, 2011Audrain County, Monroe County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2011, 11:31 AM CDT for Audrain County, Monroe County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min. 3 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
May 28, 2011, 11:31 AM CDT (16:31 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2011, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Audrain County, MO, Monroe County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 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
May 28, 11:45 AM CDTHAIL 14 S Madison, MOPUBLIC REPORT RELAYED BY MEDIA. REPORT WAS SHOOTER MARBLE SIZED HAIL.
May 28, 11:52 AM CDTHAIL 14 S Madison, MOPUBLIC REPORT RELAYED BY MEDIA. REPORT WAS SHOOTER MARBLE SIZED HAIL.
May 28, 11:58 AM CDTHAIL 0.25Paris, MOSLIGHT LARGER THAN PEA SIZE

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

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 269 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-28Temperature 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2011-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 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.

399 
WUUS53 KLSX 281631
SVRLSX
MOC007-137-281715-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0229.110528T1631Z-110528T1715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1131 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT

* AT 1129 AM 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 5 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF MOBERLY...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PARIS...SANTA FE...MONROE CITY...MADISON...WOODLAWN...GRANVILLE...
  DUNCANS BRIDGE...HOLLIDAY...STOUTSVILLE...FLORIDA AND INDIAN CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3960 9231 3961 9223 3960 9219 3965 9219
      3966 9172 3932 9173 3925 9232
TIME...MOT...LOC 1632Z 252DEG 44KT 3936 9234
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

GLASS
2 follow-up statements
108 
WWUS53 KLSX 281650
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1150 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011

MOC007-137-281715-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0229.000000T0000Z-110528T1715Z/
MONROE MO-AUDRAIN MO-
1150 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
AUDRAIN AND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM CDT...

AT 1148 AM 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 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PARIS...SANTA FE...MONROE CITY...STOUTSVILLE...FLORIDA AND INDIAN
  CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3950 9221 3955 9220 3965 9214 3966 9172
      3932 9173 3926 9221
TIME...MOT...LOC 1651Z 252DEG 44KT 3942 9205
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

GLASS
212 
WWUS53 KLSX 281718
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1218 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011

MOC007-137-281728-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0229.000000T0000Z-110528T1715Z/
MONROE MO-AUDRAIN MO-
1218 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL AUDRAIN AND
MONROE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN ST LOUIS.

LAT...LON 3950 9221 3955 9220 3965 9214 3966 9172
      3932 9173 3926 9221
TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 252DEG 44KT 3942 9206

$$

GLASS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington39 min
May 28, 12:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Pike, Ralls39 min
May 28, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike50 min
May 28, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike46 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.