Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 385, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2011, 8:03 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 42 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
- Jun 25, 2011, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Franklin County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Richwoods, MO | |
| Jun 25, 8:41 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Nne Old Mines, MO | SPOTTER IS NEAR WASHINGTON STATE PARK ON HIGHWAY 21 |
| Jun 25, 8:48 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Wnw Blackwell, MO | SPOTTER REPORTS A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR WASHINGTON STATE PARK |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 287 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
212 WUUS53 KLSX 260103 SVRLSX MOC071-099-187-221-260145- /O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0385.110626T0103Z-110626T0145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 803 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... EXTREME NORTHERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 803 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 5 MILES WEST OF RICHWOODS...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANTHONIES MILL...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DE SOTO...RICHWOODS...OLYMPIAN VILLAGE...FLETCHER...VICTORIA... BLACKWELL...HEMATITE AND VALLES MILL. 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. THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF THESE STORMS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER... INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...PREFERABLY INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR A CLOSET...OR INTO A BASEMENT. && LAT...LON 3822 9045 3798 9046 3805 9104 3823 9105 TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 269DEG 20KT 3814 9092 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN $$ CARNEY
1 follow-up statement
933 WWUS53 KLSX 260131 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 831 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 MOC071-099-187-221-260145- /O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0385.000000T0000Z-110626T0145Z/ FRANKLIN MO-JEFFERSON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-WASHINGTON MO- 831 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...EXTREME NORTHERN ST. FRANCOIS...SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHWOODS...OR 11 MILES WEST OF DE SOTO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION...AT 825 PM QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN RICHWOODS WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DE SOTO...OLYMPIAN VILLAGE...VICTORIA...BLACKWELL...HEMATITE AND VALLES MILL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF SUPERCELLS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD A TORNADO OCCUR OR A TORNADO WARNING BE ISSUED. && LAT...LON 3804 9094 3823 9094 3822 9045 3798 9046 TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 269DEG 20KT 3814 9073 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ CARNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Washington | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 51 min |
| Jun 25, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve | 48 min |
| Jun 25, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 8:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 25, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Washington | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 23 min |
| Jun 25, 10:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Washington | 22 min |
| Jun 25, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 11:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 11:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 12:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 1:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 13 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 12 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 7 days |
| Jun 26, 2:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 4 days |
| Jun 26, 2:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 20 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Ralls | 6 days |
| Jun 26, 4:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Francois | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 4:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Washington | 6 hr |
Nearby
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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.