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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 4, 2012Audrain County, Callaway County, Montgomery County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2012, 8:22 AM CDT for Audrain County, Callaway County, Montgomery County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2012, 8:22 AM CDT (13:22 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Audrain County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Montgomery County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 4, 8:52 AM CDTHAIL 0.71 Se Kingdom City, MO
May 4, 8:59 AM CDTHAIL 0.25Williamsburg, MO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 294 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 12:00Z on 2012-05-04Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2012-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

034 
WUUS53 KLSX 041322
SVRLSX
MOC007-027-139-041400-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0147.120504T1322Z-120504T1400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
822 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 821 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AUXVASSE...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WELLSVILLE...AUXVASSE...SHAMROCK...WILLIAMSBURG...MARTINSBURG...
  MINEOLA...KINGDOM CITY AND BENTON CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3915 9147 3886 9157 3896 9207 3916 9201
TIME...MOT...LOC 1323Z 281DEG 39KT 3904 9193

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH

$$

CARNEY
1 follow-up statement
508 
WWUS53 KLSX 041340
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
840 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

MOC007-027-139-041400-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-120504T1400Z/
CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO-AUDRAIN MO-
840 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
AUDRAIN...MONTGOMERY AND NORTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM
CDT...

AT 835 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AUXVASSE...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WELLSVILLE...MARTINSBURG...SHAMROCK...WILLIAMSBURG AND MINEOLA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3915 9147 3886 9157 3896 9207 3916 9201
TIME...MOT...LOC 1340Z 302DEG 21KT 3901 9183

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH

$$

CARNEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 8:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis23 hr
May 4, 8:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway27 min
May 4, 8:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXAudrain5 hr
May 4, 8:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery25 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.