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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 10, 2011Adams County, Pike County, Illinois; Marion County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2011, 9:11 PM CDT for Adams County, Pike County, Illinois; Marion County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 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 10, 2011, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Adams County, IL, Pike County, IL, Marion County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 9:31 PM CDTHAIL 0.25Payson, IL

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
Jun 10, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1004 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
1004 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 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.

951 
WUUS53 KLSX 110211
SVRLSX
ILC001-149-MOC127-110300-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0285.110611T0211Z-110611T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
911 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR PALMYRA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HANNIBAL...FALL CREEK...PAYSON...BEVERLY...CAMP POINT...
  CLAYTON...MARBLEHEAD...SEEHORN...PLAINVILLE...BURTON...
  ADAMS...RICHFIELD...  LIBERTY...KINGSTON...COLUMBUS AND
  KELLERVILLE.

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 3974 9092 3968 9142 3969 9149 3980 9160
      4011 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 240DEG 28KT 3977 9144
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

BYRD
2 follow-up statements
128 
WWUS53 KLSX 110238
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
938 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

ILC149-MOC127-110248-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-110611T0300Z/
PIKE IL-MARION MO-
938 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST
MISSOURI IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3976 9092 3976 9127 3992 9135 4011 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 252DEG 38KT 3984 9108

$$

ILC001-110300-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-110611T0300Z/
ADAMS IL-
938 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ADAMS
COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 935 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
MILES EAST OF PAYSON...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUINCY...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEVERLY...CAMP POINT...CLAYTON...KINGSTON AND KELLERVILLE.

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 3976 9092 3976 9127 3992 9135 4011 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 252DEG 38KT 3984 9108
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

BYRD
906 
WWUS53 KLSX 110255
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
955 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

ILC001-110305-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-110611T0300Z/
ADAMS IL-
955 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT...

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

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

LAT...LON 3976 9092 3976 9127 3992 9135 4011 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 252DEG 38KT 3989 9086

$$

BYRD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBrown46 min
Jun 10, 7:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBond, Fayette4 hr
Jun 10, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams, Brown16 min
Jun 10, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Pike35 min
Jun 10, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun42 min
Jun 10, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Fayette, Montgomery53 min
Jun 10, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Jersey, Madison35 min
Jun 10, 10:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXAdams, Brown, Pike3 hr
Jun 10, 11:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBond, Fayette, Macoupin, Montgomery5 hr
Jun 10, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion41 min
Jun 10, 11:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion23 min
Jun 10, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette39 min
Jun 11, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Saint Clair22 min
Jun 10, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAudrain, Monroe30 min
Jun 10, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Ralls46 min
Jun 10, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway43 min
Jun 10, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Moniteau42 min
Jun 10, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery48 min
Jun 10, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren47 min
Jun 10, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain47 min
Jun 10, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone27 min
Jun 10, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway27 min
Jun 10, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Gasconade51 min
Jun 10, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAudrain4 hr
Jun 10, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery, Warren39 min
Jun 10, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin52 min
Jun 10, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Shelby43 min
Jun 10, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis39 min
Jun 10, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery, Warren52 min
Jun 10, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Charles, Warren39 min
Jun 10, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis23 min
Jun 10, 10:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis2 hr
Jun 11, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln17 min
Jun 11, 9:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau11 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.