Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 550
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 25, 2011, 7:36 PM CDT for 33 counties in Illinois; 49 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2011, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2011, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 82 counties
Alexander County, IL, Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Massac County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Benton County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Boone County, MO, Butler County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Osage County, MO, Perry County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Saline County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Texas County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 40%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 50%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 40%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
24 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 51 min |
| Jun 25, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 48 min |
| Jun 25, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin, Madison | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 25, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Washington | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Montgomery | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 23 min |
| Jun 25, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Washington | 22 min |
| Jun 25, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 11:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 12:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Jersey, Madison and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 47 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 348 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Christian, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline, Wabash, White and 1 more | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 1:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 20 more | 84 min |
| Jun 26, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 12 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Massac | 91 min |
| Jun 26, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Monroe, Randolph | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Hancock and 9 more | 83 min |
| Jun 25, 7:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audrain, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway and 46 more | 113 min |
| Jun 26, 10:13 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass and 24 more | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 8 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Carter, Dunklin, Howell, Oregon, Pemiscot and 6 more | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 3:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Audrain, Boone, Buchanan and 46 more | 7 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.