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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 19, 2011Callaway County, Gasconade County, Osage County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2011, 3:26 AM CDT for Callaway County, Gasconade County, Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 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
Apr 19, 2011, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2011, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
50.0 mph

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

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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
Apr 19, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 251 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 554 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 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
554 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

786 
WUUS53 KLSX 190826
SVRLSX
MOC027-073-151-190915-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0070.110419T0826Z-110419T0915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
326 AM CDT TUE APR 19 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...
  OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 326 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FREEBURG...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  LINN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LINN...OWENSVILLE...FREEBURG...WESTPHALIA...RICH FOUNTAIN...
  BLAND...MOUNT STERLING...CHAMOIS...ROSEBUD...DRAKE...LOOSE CREEK...
  FRANKENSTEIN...CANAAN...PORTLAND AND MORRISON.

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 3832 9219 3882 9168 3877 9165 3871 9165
      3868 9158 3837 9137 3836 9137 3824 9165
      3828 9166 3829 9168 3828 9216
TIME...MOT...LOC 0827Z 233DEG 36KT 3827 9196
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN

$$

TRUETT
1 follow-up statement
243 
WWUS53 KLSX 190842
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
342 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

MOC027-073-151-190915-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110419T0915Z/
OSAGE MO-GASCONADE MO-CALLAWAY MO-
342 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
CALLAWAY...GASCONADE AND OSAGE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 AM CDT...

AT 338 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FREEBURG...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF LINN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LINN...OWENSVILLE...BLAND...MOUNT STERLING...CHAMOIS...ROSEBUD...
  DRAKE...FRANKENSTEIN...CANAAN...PORTLAND AND MORRISON.

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 3832 9219 3882 9168 3877 9165 3871 9165
      3868 9158 3837 9137 3836 9137 3824 9165
      3828 9166 3829 9168 3828 9216
TIME...MOT...LOC 0842Z 233DEG 36KT 3836 9181
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN

$$

TRUETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 2:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Moniteau, Osage39 min
Apr 19, 3:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage41 min
Apr 19, 3:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau21 min
Apr 19, 3:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 4 more48 min
Apr 19, 4:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike40 min
Apr 19, 4:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Montgomery, Warren47 min
Apr 19, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Washington32 min
Apr 19, 5:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Franklin, Saint Charles, Warren, Washington37 min
Apr 19, 5:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Washington47 min
Apr 19, 6:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXJefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis3 hr
Apr 19, 6:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson38 min
Apr 19, 6:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis49 min
Apr 19, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis37 min
Apr 19, 8:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles30 hr
Apr 19, 11:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLincoln19 days
Apr 19, 11:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis30 days
Apr 19, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike, Ralls44 min
Apr 19, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Montgomery, Pike42 min
Apr 19, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Osage51 min
Apr 19, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike46 min
Apr 19, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Franklin, Gasconade, Osage51 min
Apr 19, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery, Warren44 min
Apr 19, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike44 min
Apr 19, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis49 min
Apr 19, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Montgomery, Saint Charles, Warren44 min
Apr 19, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Montgomery, Saint Charles, Warren47 min
Apr 19, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis47 min
Apr 19, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln34 min
Apr 19, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Charles, Warren34 min
Apr 19, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Franklin, Gasconade32 min
Apr 19, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren48 min
Apr 19, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Warren31 min
Apr 19, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds60 min
Apr 19, 6:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles3 hr
Apr 19, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Madison, Reynolds, Saint Francois, Washington53 min
Apr 19, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Charles30 min
Apr 19, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Reynolds39 min
Apr 19, 6:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXFranklin, Warren5 hr
Apr 19, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis64 min

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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.