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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 461, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 12, 2011Callaway County, Osage County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT for Callaway County, Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 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
Jul 12, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2011, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Callaway County, MO, Osage County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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
Jul 12, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 256 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 2011-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 919 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 2011-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -82 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
919 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

292 
WUUS53 KLSX 122145
SVRLSX
MOC027-151-122230-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0461.110712T2145Z-110712T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
445 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 442 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 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CHAMOIS...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF LINN...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHAMOIS.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN ST LOUIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3862 9196 3870 9182 3869 9164 3844 9164
      3841 9165 3854 9199
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 280DEG 20KT 3861 9185
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

TES
2 follow-up statements
866 
WWUS53 KLSX 122208
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
508 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

MOC027-122218-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0461.000000T0000Z-110712T2230Z/
CALLAWAY MO-
508 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN ST LOUIS.

LAT...LON 3852 9194 3858 9184 3868 9177 3869 9164
      3844 9164 3841 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 280DEG 20KT 3852 9171

$$

MOC151-122230-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0461.000000T0000Z-110712T2230Z/
OSAGE MO-
508 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
OSAGE COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 507 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 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MOUNT STERLING...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINN...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN OSAGE COUNTY.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN ST LOUIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3852 9194 3858 9184 3868 9177 3869 9164
      3844 9164 3841 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 280DEG 20KT 3852 9171
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

TES
045 
WWUS53 KLSX 122224
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
524 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

MOC151-122234-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0461.000000T0000Z-110712T2230Z/
OSAGE MO-
524 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN ST LOUIS.

LAT...LON 3852 9194 3858 9184 3868 9177 3869 9164
      3844 9164 3841 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 280DEG 20KT 3850 9160

$$

TES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Lewis47 min
Jul 12, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Lewis, Shelby52 min
Jul 12, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis26 min
Jul 12, 2:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCity of Saint Louis3 hr
Jul 12, 2:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXKnox2 hr
Jul 12, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby51 min
Jul 12, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Ralls46 min
Jul 12, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison40 min
Jul 12, 4:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis42 min
Jul 12, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway39 min
Jul 12, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike44 min
Jul 12, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.