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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 394, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 25, 2011Greene County, Jersey County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2011, 8:58 PM CDT for Greene County, Jersey County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 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 25, 2011, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2011, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 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 25, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2011-06-26Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2011-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

588 
WUUS53 KLSX 260158
SVRLSX
ILC061-083-260245-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0394.110626T0158Z-110626T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
858 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
  JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 857 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF HARDIN...OR 10 MILES WEST OF
  JERSEYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JERSEYVILLE...OLD KANE...KEMPER...OTTERVILLE...KANE...MCCLUSKY...
  DELHI...ROCKBRIDGE AND FIDELITY.

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 3901 9015 3902 9058 3924 9060 3928 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 270DEG 21KT 3916 9049
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

GLASS
3 follow-up statements
965 
WWUS53 KLSX 260213
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
913 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

ILC061-083-260245-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0394.000000T0000Z-110626T0245Z/
JERSEY IL-GREENE IL-
913 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GREENE AND NORTHERN JERSEY COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT...

AT 911 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OLD KANE...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
JERSEYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JERSEYVILLE...OLD KANE...KEMPER...KANE...DELHI AND FIDELITY.

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 3901 9015 3909 9051 3922 9050 3927 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 278DEG 21KT 3915 9040
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

GLASS
375 
WWUS53 KLSX 260229
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
929 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

ILC061-260240-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0394.000000T0000Z-110626T0245Z/
GREENE IL-
929 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3901 9015 3912 9044 3918 9031 3922 9031
      3923 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 278DEG 21KT 3914 9027

$$

ILC083-260245-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0394.000000T0000Z-110626T0245Z/
JERSEY IL-
929 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
JERSEY COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT...

AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JERSEYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KEMPER AND FIDELITY.

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 3901 9015 3912 9044 3918 9031 3922 9031
      3923 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 278DEG 21KT 3914 9027
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

GLASS
828 
WWUS53 KLSX 260244
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
944 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

ILC083-260254-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0394.000000T0000Z-110626T0245Z/
JERSEY IL-
944 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JERSEY COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT...

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 200 AM.

LAT...LON 3901 9015 3912 9044 3918 9031 3922 9031
      3923 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 278DEG 21KT 3913 9017

$$

GLASS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBrown20 min
Jun 25, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison39 min
Jun 25, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin38 min
Jun 25, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Randolph48 min
Jun 25, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJersey, Macoupin, Madison47 min
Jun 25, 8:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAdams, Brown6 hr
Jun 25, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison49 min
Jun 25, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison, Saint Clair44 min
Jun 25, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette, Montgomery52 min
Jun 25, 9:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXBond, Fayette, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery6 hr
Jun 25, 9:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXClinton, Marion, Washington6 hr
Jun 25, 10:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXFayette4 days
Jun 25, 10:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXBrown7 days
Jun 25, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair49 min
Jun 25, 11:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXMonroe, Randolph, Saint Clair6 hr
Jun 26, 12:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Jersey, Madison and 5 more6 hr
Jun 26, 2:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMonroe, Randolph4 hr
Jun 26, 2:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXBrown4 hr
Jun 26, 2:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRandolph42 min
Jun 26, 2:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchLSXAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more31 hr
Jun 26, 3:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXPike6 days

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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.