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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 442, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 3, 20114 counties in Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2011, 3:05 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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
Jul 3, 2011, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2011, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Callaway County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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
Jul 3, 3:26 PM CDTHAIL 0.251 N Hermann, MO.

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
Jul 3, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 253 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 12:00Z on 2011-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1800 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2011-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1800 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 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.

142 
WUUS53 KLSX 032005
SVRLSX
MOC027-073-139-151-032030-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0442.110703T2005Z-110703T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
305 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  EXTREME SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 301 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHAMOIS TO 5 MILES WEST OF FREEBURG...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE
  DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LINN...HERMANN...OWENSVILLE...FREEBURG...CHAMOIS...RICH FOUNTAIN...
  MOUNT STERLING...BLAND...DRAKE...ROSEBUD...REFORM...PORTLAND...
  MORRISON...GASCONADE...RHINELAND...BAY...SWISS AND CANAAN.

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 3829 9202 3880 9182 3870 9137 3828 9137
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 271DEG 33KT 3876 9179 3831 9197
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN

$$

CVKING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 1:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade42 min
Jul 3, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren46 min
Jul 3, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Washington46 min
Jul 3, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone49 min
Jul 3, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin51 min
Jul 3, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway58 min
Jul 3, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis48 min
Jul 3, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin47 min
Jul 3, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois44 min
Jul 3, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Francois20 min
Jul 3, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Warren51 min
Jul 3, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Osage46 min
Jul 3, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway42 min
Jul 3, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis26 min
Jul 3, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren, City of Saint Louis40 min
Jul 3, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Osage24 min
Jul 3, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Franklin, Gasconade, Montgomery, Warren35 min
Jul 3, 3:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Louis6 hr
Jul 3, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Franklin, Gasconade, Lincoln, Montgomery, Osage and 2 more64 min
Jul 3, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis49 min
Jul 3, 4:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXFranklin, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren5 hr
Jul 3, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Reynolds35 min

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.