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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 404, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 26, 2011Jefferson County, Saint Francois County, Washington County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2011, 4:16 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Saint Francois County, Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 min. 6 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 26, 2011, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jefferson County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 26, 4:19 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 604 Ene Old Mines, MO
Jun 26, 4:31 PM CDTHAIL 0.25Bonne Terre, MOON U.S. HIGHWAY 67.
Jun 26, 4:32 PM CDTHAIL 1.5Cadet, MO
Jun 26, 4:33 PM CDTHAIL 1Blackwell, MO
Jun 26, 4:43 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD4 Ene Old Mines, MO
Jun 26, 4:53 PM CDTHAIL 24 Ene Old Mines, MOSHREADING LEAVES OFF OF TREES. ALSO ROTATING WALL CLOUD PASSED DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. THIS IS SECOND ROUND OF LARGE HAIL SPOTTER HAS RECEIVED

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 26, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 290 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-279 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 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.

694 
WUUS53 KLSX 262116
SVRLSX
MOC099-187-221-262145-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0404.110626T2116Z-110626T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
416 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 412 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
  OLD MINES...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF POTOSI...AND MOVING EAST AT 10
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BONNE TERRE...BLACKWELL 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3813 9044 3790 9046 3794 9080 3812 9079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 273DEG 8KT 3802 9068
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

CARNEY
1 follow-up statement
514 
WWUS53 KLSX 262119
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
419 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

MOC099-187-221-262145-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0404.000000T0000Z-110626T2145Z/
JEFFERSON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-WASHINGTON MO-
419 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
WASHINGTON...ST. FRANCOIS AND SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL
445 PM CDT...

AT 416 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OLD MINES...OR 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF POTOSI...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 415 PM, GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED 4 MILES 
EAST NORTHEAST OF OLD MINES WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BONNE TERRE...BLACKWELL 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3813 9044 3790 9046 3794 9080 3812 9079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 273DEG 8KT 3802 9067
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

CARNEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Washington49 min
Jun 25, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles39 min
Jun 25, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Washington45 min
Jun 25, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington42 min
Jun 25, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis51 min
Jun 25, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve48 min
Jun 25, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles47 min
Jun 25, 8:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLewis6 hr
Jun 25, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington48 min
Jun 25, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis44 min
Jun 25, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Washington38 min
Jun 25, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois23 min
Jun 25, 10:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington6 hr
Jun 25, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington43 min
Jun 25, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington45 min
Jun 25, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Washington22 min
Jun 25, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis49 min
Jun 25, 11:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois40 min
Jun 25, 11:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis6 hr
Jun 26, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois39 min
Jun 26, 12:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren and 1 more6 hr
Jun 26, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve33 min
Jun 26, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis47 min
Jun 26, 1:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles13 hr
Jun 26, 2:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXSainte Genevieve4 hr
Jun 26, 6:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis12 hr
Jun 26, 2:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLincoln7 days
Jun 26, 2:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis4 days
Jun 26, 2:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 20 more31 hr
Jun 26, 3:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXRalls6 days
Jun 26, 4:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Francois6 hr
Jun 26, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds30 min
Jun 26, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Francois, Washington38 min
Jun 26, 4:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXWashington6 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.