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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 415, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 27, 20117 counties in Missouri; Calhoun County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2011, 1:27 AM CDT for 7 counties in Missouri; Calhoun County, Illinois. It was in force for 63 min. 5 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 27, 2011, 1:27 AM CDT (06:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2011, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Calhoun County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Pike County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:30 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 27, 1:30 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 806 Nw New Hartford, MO
Jun 27, 2:00 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGTruesdale, MOPOWER LINES DOWN...WRIGHT CITY ALSO
Jun 27, 2:00 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGWarrenton, MOA LARGE TREE WAS BLOWN OVER ONTO A CAR ON ROOSEVELT AVENUE.
Jun 27, 2:15 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGMontgomery City, MOUP TO 3 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF TREES. LARGE TRASH DUMPSTERS BLOWN OUT ONTO THE STREETS.
Jun 27, 2:32 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGMontgomery City, MOUP TO 3 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF TREES. LARGE TRASH DUMPSTERS BLOWN OUT ONTO THE STREETS.

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, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 26, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 2011-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 611 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 2011-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
611 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

244 
WUUS53 KLSX 270627
SVRLSX
ILC013-MOC007-027-113-139-163-183-219-270730-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0415.110627T0627Z-110627T0730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
127 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
  EAST CENTRAL AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  EAST CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
  WEST CENTRAL ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 125 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CURRYVILLE TO FULTON...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MONTGOMERY CITY...ELSBERRY...TROY...WARRENTON...WRIGHT CITY...NEW
  HARTFORD...BUELL...MINEOLA...BELLFLOWER...NEW FLORENCE...EOLIA...
  BIG SPRING...DAVIS...JONESBURG...HAWK POINT...TRUESDALE...MOSCOW
  MILLS...ST. CLEMENT...ASHLEY AND CYRENE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3930 9067 3871 9097 3881 9173 3934 9138
TIME...MOT...LOC 0627Z 303DEG 60KT 3927 9127 3885 9186
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

GKS
2 follow-up statements
178 
WWUS53 KLSX 270653
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
153 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

ILC013-MOC007-027-113-139-163-183-219-270730-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0415.000000T0000Z-110627T0730Z/
CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY MO-LINCOLN MO-MONTGOMERY MO-PIKE MO-
ST. CHARLES MO-WARREN MO-AUDRAIN MO-
153 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CALHOUN COUNTY
IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...AND EAST CENTRAL AUDRAIN AND EAST CENTRAL
CALLAWAY COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND NORTHERN WARREN...WEST
CENTRAL ST. CHARLES...MONTGOMERY AND LINCOLN COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI...AND SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 230
AM CDT...

AT 147 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLARKSVILLE TO JONESBURG TO BIG
SPRING...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TROY...ELSBERRY...WRIGHT CITY...TRUESDALE...MOSCOW MILLS...NEW
  HOPE...MOZIER...HAMBURG AND FORISTELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3930 9067 3871 9097 3881 9173 3934 9138
TIME...MOT...LOC 0653Z 303DEG 60KT 3925 9080 3883 9112
          3872 9135
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

GKS
226 
WWUS53 KLSX 270737
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
237 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

ILC013-MOC007-027-113-139-163-183-219-270746-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0415.000000T0000Z-110627T0730Z/
CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY MO-LINCOLN MO-MONTGOMERY MO-PIKE MO-
ST. CHARLES MO-WARREN MO-AUDRAIN MO-
237 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST
ILLINOIS...AND EAST CENTRAL AUDRAIN AND EAST CENTRAL CALLAWAY 
COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND NORTHERN WARREN...EXTREME WESTERN
ST. CHARLES...MONTGOMERY AND LINCOLN COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL 
MISSOURI...AND SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI HAS 
EXPIRED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM.

LAT...LON 3930 9067 3871 9097 3881 9173 3934 9138
TIME...MOT...LOC 0653Z 303DEG 60KT 3925 9080 3883 9112
          3872 9135

$$

TRUETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Warren14 min
Jun 26, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage38 min
Jun 26, 8:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau65 days
Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXKnox, Lewis12 hr
Jun 26, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Lewis41 min
Jun 26, 9:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis4 days
Jun 26, 9:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion5 days
Jun 26, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis59 min
Jun 27, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox19 min
Jun 27, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby49 min
Jun 27, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike and 1 more53 min
Jun 27, 12:55 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXMarion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby20 min
Jun 27, 1:08 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXMarion, Monroe, Pike, Ralls37 min
Jun 27, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis, Marion62 min
Jun 27, 1:43 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike32 min
Jun 27, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis41 min
Jun 27, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Montgomery and 5 more43 min
Jun 27, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis48 min
Jun 27, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington29 min
Jun 27, 3:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion4 days
Jun 27, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Moniteau, Osage23 min
Jun 27, 8:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXKnox, Lewis12 hr
Jun 27, 8:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion4 days
Jun 27, 3:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Warren22 days
Jun 27, 3:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis44 days
Jun 27, 5:19 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLincoln18 hr
Jun 26, 9:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXClinton9 days
Jun 26, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBrown36 min
Jun 26, 10:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAdams, Brown11 hr
Jun 27, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGreene, Macoupin36 min
Jun 27, 8:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXAdams, Brown12 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.