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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 10, 2011Franklin County, Saint Charles County, Saint Louis County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2011, 10:30 PM CDT for Franklin County, Saint Charles County, Saint Louis County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2011, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2011, 10:53 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 239 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.

351 
WUUS53 KLSX 110330
SVRLSX
MOC071-183-189-110415-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0294.110611T0330Z-110611T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1030 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  CENTRAL ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  WESTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1025 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  AUGUSTA...OR NEAR GRAY SUMMIT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WILDWOOD...ELLISVILLE...CLARKSON VALLEY...WELDON SPRING...
  BALLWIN...COTTLEVILLE...CHESTERFIELD...MANCHESTER...VALLEY PARK...
  ST. PETERS...TOWN AND COUNTRY...DES PERES...KIRKWOOD...OAKLAND...
  CREVE COEUR...FRONTENAC...MARYLAND HEIGHTS...WARSON WOODS...
  GLENDALE AND ST. CHARLES.

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 3885 9055 3856 9035 3849 9077 3866 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 242DEG 29KT 3857 9082
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

CVKING
3 follow-up statements
986 
WWUS53 KLSX 110339
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1039 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

MOC071-183-189-110415-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-110611T0415Z/
FRANKLIN MO-ST. CHARLES MO-ST. LOUIS MO-
1039 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN ST.
LOUIS...CENTRAL ST. CHARLES AND NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL
1115 PM CDT...

AT 1038 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE 
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR DEFIANCE...OR NEAR WILDWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WILDWOOD...DARDENNE PRAIRIE...ELLISVILLE...CLARKSON VALLEY...WELDON
  SPRING...BALLWIN...COTTLEVILLE...CHESTERFIELD...MANCHESTER...VALLEY
  PARK...ST. PETERS...TOWN AND COUNTRY...DES PERES...KIRKWOOD...
  OAKLAND...CREVE COEUR...FRONTENAC...MARYLAND HEIGHTS...WARSON WOODS
  AND ST. CHARLES.

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 3885 9055 3856 9035 3849 9077 3866 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 242DEG 29KT 3860 9074
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

CVKING
494 
WWUS53 KLSX 110348
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1048 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

MOC071-183-110358-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-110611T0415Z/
FRANKLIN MO-ST. CHARLES MO-
1048 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ST. CHARLES AND
NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3854 9051 3852 9054 3850 9073 3863 9074
      3869 9063 3868 9055 3870 9053 3873 9054
      3876 9049 3856 9035
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 252DEG 44KT 3862 9062

$$

MOC189-110415-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-110611T0415Z/
ST. LOUIS MO-
1048 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN ST.
LOUIS COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1046 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED...PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WILDWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELLISVILLE...CLARKSON VALLEY...CHESTERFIELD...BALLWIN...
  MANCHESTER...VALLEY PARK...TOWN AND COUNTRY...DES PERES...
  KIRKWOOD...MARYLAND HEIGHTS...CREVE COEUR...FRONTENAC...OAKLAND...
  WARSON WOODS...GLENDALE AND PEERLESS PARK.

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 3854 9051 3852 9054 3850 9073 3863 9074
      3869 9063 3868 9055 3870 9053 3873 9054
      3876 9049 3856 9035
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 252DEG 44KT 3862 9062
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

CVKING
333 
WWUS53 KLSX 110353
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1053 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

MOC189-110403-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-110611T0415Z/
ST. LOUIS MO-
1053 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN ST. LOUIS 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.

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

LAT...LON 3854 9051 3852 9054 3850 9073 3863 9074
      3869 9063 3868 9055 3870 9053 3873 9054
      3876 9049 3856 9035
TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 252DEG 44KT 3864 9054

$$

CVKING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike35 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, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion49 min
Jun 10, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin52 min
Jun 10, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles, Warren42 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, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis35 min
Jun 10, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Charles, Warren39 min
Jun 10, 10:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXMarion, Ralls3 hr
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.