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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 550

June 25, 201133 counties in Illinois; 49 counties in Missouri

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison39 min
Jun 25, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Washington45 min
Jun 25, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin38 min
Jun 25, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington42 min
Jun 25, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis51 min
Jun 25, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Randolph48 min
Jun 25, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJersey, Macoupin, Madison47 min
Jun 25, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison49 min
Jun 25, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington48 min
Jun 25, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison, Saint Clair44 min
Jun 25, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Washington38 min
Jun 25, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette, Montgomery52 min
Jun 25, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGreene, Jersey47 min
Jun 25, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois23 min
Jun 25, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington43 min
Jun 25, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington45 min
Jun 25, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Washington22 min
Jun 25, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair49 min
Jun 25, 11:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois40 min
Jun 26, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois39 min
Jun 26, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPerry50 min
Jun 26, 12:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Jersey, Madison and 5 more6 hr
Jun 26, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve33 min
Jun 26, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis47 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2011-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2011-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
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

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The text

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

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChristian, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 4 more5 hr
Jun 25, 10:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline, Wabash, White and 1 more53 min
Jun 26, 1:21 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 20 more84 min
Jun 26, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 12 more4 hr
Jun 26, 4:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMassac91 min
Jun 26, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMonroe, Randolph5 hr
Jun 26, 6:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Hancock and 9 more83 min
Jun 25, 7:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway and 46 more113 min
Jun 26, 10:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass and 24 more62 min
Jun 26, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot8 hr
Jun 26, 2:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Carter, Dunklin, Howell, Oregon, Pemiscot and 6 more64 min
Jun 26, 3:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison2 hr
Jun 26, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Audrain, Boone, Buchanan and 46 more7 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.