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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 558

June 26, 2011Monroe County, Randolph County, Illinois; 21 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 26, 2011, 2:24 PM CDT for Monroe County, Randolph County, Illinois; 21 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2011, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2011, 7:06 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 23 counties

Monroe County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Butler County, MO, Carter County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Madison County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Texas County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
30%
Ten or more severe hail reports
30%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
40%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

Warnings issued inside it

9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas59 min
Jun 26, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Howell, Oregon, Shannon, Texas62 min
Jun 26, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter, Ripley41 min
Jun 26, 4:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Francois6 hr
Jun 26, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne46 min
Jun 26, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds30 min
Jun 26, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Francois, Washington29 min
Jun 26, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Francois, Washington38 min
Jun 26, 4:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXWashington6 hr

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 249 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2937 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
2937 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 3 more8 hr
Jun 26, 2:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Greene, Randolph64 min
Jun 26, 2:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrittenden87 min
Jun 26, 5:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMississippi46 min
Jun 25, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Edwards, Fayette and 27 more6 hr
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, 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, 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.