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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 6, 2012Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2012, 4:13 PM CDT for Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 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 6, 2012, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 6, 4:25 PM CDTHAIL 0.7Frankford, MO
May 6, 4:45 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 50Ashburn, MOPEA SIZE HAIL

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 234 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 2012-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2922 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2012-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2922 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 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.

647 
WUUS53 KLSX 062113
SVRLSX
MOC163-173-062145-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0155.120506T2113Z-120506T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
413 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
  EAST CENTRAL RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 412 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKFORD...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
           DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FRANKFORD AND ASHBURN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3962 9123 3961 9119 3960 9117 3957 9117
      3955 9115 3954 9111 3940 9109 3940 9147
      3959 9149 3963 9124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 265DEG 5KT 3951 9134

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

CARNEY
1 follow-up statement
307 
WWUS53 KLSX 062131
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
431 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

MOC163-173-062145-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-120506T2145Z/
PIKE MO-RALLS MO-
431 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
RALLS AND NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 445
PM CDT...

AT 430 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKFORD...
AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
         DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASHBURN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3962 9123 3961 9119 3960 9117 3957 9117
      3955 9115 3954 9111 3940 9109 3940 9147
      3959 9149 3963 9124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 273DEG 9KT 3951 9127

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

CARNEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Shelby53 min
May 6, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe40 min
May 6, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Ralls25 min
May 6, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.