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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 346, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 18, 2011Boone County, Callaway County, Cole County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2011, 9:09 PM CDT for Boone County, Callaway County, Cole County, Missouri. It was in force for 66 min. 9 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
Jun 18, 2011, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2011, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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
Jun 18, 9:20 PM CDTHAIL 1.253 W Jefferson City, MOONE HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL 2.5 MILES WEST OF JEFFERSON CITY
Jun 18, 9:21 PM CDTHAIL 1St. Martins, MO
Jun 18, 9:22 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Jefferson City, MOQUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL BEGINNING TO COVER THE GROUND IN WESTVIEW HEIGHTS AREA.
Jun 18, 9:25 PM CDTHAIL 1Jefferson City, MONORTHWEST SIDE OF JEFFERSON CITY.
Jun 18, 9:30 PM CDTHAIL 1Jefferson City, MOQUARTER SIZE HAIL ON WEST SIDE OF JEFFERSON CITY.
Jun 18, 9:33 PM CDTHAIL 0.885 W New Bloomfield, MO
Jun 18, 9:33 PM CDTHAIL 1.251 W Jefferson City, MONICKLE TO ONE HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL ALONG WESTERN CITY LIMITS OF JEFFERSON CITY
Jun 18, 9:45 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Guthrie, MO
Jun 18, 10:11 PM CDTHAIL 0.25Fulton, MOSTARTED AT 10 PM.

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 18, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2011-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4246 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2011-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
4246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.1
Supercell composite
15.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

227 
WUUS53 KLSX 190209
SVRLSX
MOC019-027-051-190315-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0346.110619T0209Z-110619T0315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
909 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 908 PM 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 NEAR
  ST. MARTINS...OR 8 MILES WEST OF JEFFERSON CITY...AND MOVING NORTH
  AT 30 MPH.

  AT 905 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL TWO   
  MILES SOUTH OF JEFFERSON CITY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JEFFERSON CITY...HOLTS SUMMIT...ASHLAND...FULTON...ST. MARTINS...
  CENTERTOWN...LAKE MYKEE...NEW BLOOMFIELD...ELSTON...MARION...
  HARTSBURG...WILTON...GUTHRIE AND CARRINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3873 9239 3875 9240 3879 9238 3881 9238
      3896 9235 3888 9181 3842 9222 3847 9247
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 193DEG 25KT 3854 9233
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

CVKING
4 follow-up statements
257 
WWUS53 KLSX 190216
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
916 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

MOC019-027-051-190315-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0346.000000T0000Z-110619T0315Z/
BOONE MO-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-
916 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
COLE...SOUTHWESTERN CALLAWAY AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL
1015 PM CDT...

AT 912 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
TENNIS BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. MARTINS...OR 7 MILES WEST OF JEFFERSON
CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JEFFERSON CITY...HOLTS SUMMIT...ASHLAND...FULTON...COLUMBIA...
  CENTERTOWN...LAKE MYKEE...NEW BLOOMFIELD...ELSTON...MARION...
  HARTSBURG...WILTON...GUTHRIE AND CARRINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3851 9245 3873 9239 3875 9240 3879 9238
      3881 9238 3896 9235 3888 9181 3846 9219
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 199DEG 25KT 3859 9232
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.50IN

$$

CVKING
356 
WWUS53 KLSX 190226
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
926 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

MOC019-027-051-190315-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0346.000000T0000Z-110619T0315Z/
BOONE MO-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-
926 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
COLE...SOUTHWESTERN CALLAWAY AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL
1015 PM CDT...

AT 924 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
TENNIS BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. MARTINS...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
JEFFERSON CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOLTS SUMMIT...ASHLAND...FULTON...LAKE MYKEE...NEW BLOOMFIELD...
  HARTSBURG...GUTHRIE AND CARRINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3851 9216 3857 9238 3895 9226 3888 9181
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 208DEG 27KT 3864 9225
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.50IN

$$

CVKING
210 
WWUS53 KLSX 190231
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
931 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

MOC019-027-051-190315-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0346.000000T0000Z-110619T0315Z/
BOONE MO-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-
931 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
COLE...SOUTHWESTERN CALLAWAY AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL
1015 PM CDT...

AT 929 PM 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 NEAR
HOLTS SUMMIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL HAS COVERED THE GROUND IN PORTIONS OF 
JEFFERSON CITY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOLTS SUMMIT...FULTON...LAKE MYKEE...NEW BLOOMFIELD...GUTHRIE AND
  CARRINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3853 9214 3859 9229 3893 9212 3888 9181
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 228DEG 27KT 3864 9218
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

CVKING
186 
WWUS53 KLSX 190241
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
941 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

MOC051-190252-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0346.000000T0000Z-110619T0315Z/
COLE MO-
941 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL COLE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3860 9208 3866 9226 3893 9212 3888 9181
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 211DEG 31KT 3874 9213

$$

MOC019-027-190315-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0346.000000T0000Z-110619T0315Z/
BOONE MO-CALLAWAY MO-
941 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
CALLAWAY AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...

AT 937 PM 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 NEAR LAKE
MYKEE...OR NEAR HOLTS SUMMIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FULTON...GUTHRIE AND CARRINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3860 9208 3866 9226 3893 9212 3888 9181
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 211DEG 31KT 3874 9213
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

CVKING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Cole, Moniteau49 min
Jun 18, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Osage46 min
Jun 18, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway37 min
Jun 18, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage37 min
Jun 18, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Osage25 min
Jun 18, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau39 min
Jun 18, 10:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCole, Osage8 hr
Jun 18, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Montgomery, Pike36 min
Jun 18, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade, Osage46 min
Jun 18, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Montgomery, Pike40 min
Jun 18, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Warren32 min
Jun 18, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike50 min
Jun 19, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade47 min
Jun 19, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Charles, Warren53 min
Jun 19, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin32 min
Jun 19, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Iron, Reynolds, Washington39 min
Jun 19, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve46 min
Jun 19, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis33 min
Jun 19, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Jefferson, Madison, Reynolds, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois and 1 more50 min
Jun 19, 2:28 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXIron, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington47 min
Jun 19, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis39 min
Jun 19, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Madison, Reynolds36 min
Jun 19, 2:56 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois34 min
Jun 19, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Madison, Reynolds60 min
Jun 19, 10:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau11 hr
Jun 19, 10:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis11 hr
Jun 19, 2:48 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis68 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.