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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 20, 2012Greene County, Jersey County, Macoupin County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2012, 4:18 PM CDT for Greene County, Jersey County, Macoupin County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report 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 20, 2012, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 20, 4:41 PM CDTHAIL 0.5Rockbridge, IL

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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 2012-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 616 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 2012-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -67 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
616 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1773 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-55 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.

335 
WUUS53 KLSX 202118
SVRLSX
ILC061-083-117-202145-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0159.120520T2118Z-120520T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
418 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
  JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHWESTERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 416 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
  GRAFTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JERSEYVILLE...OLD KANE...KEMPER...FIELDON...OTTERVILLE...
  MCCLUSKY...KANE...DELHI...FIDELITY...PIASA AND MEDORA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3910 9006 3896 9040 3897 9048 3896 9052
      3902 9058 3903 9057 3905 9059 3909 9059
      3933 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 234DEG 12KT 3905 9046

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

$$

GKS
2 follow-up statements
271 
WWUS53 KLSX 202133
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
433 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2012

ILC061-083-117-202145-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-120520T2145Z/
JERSEY IL-MACOUPIN IL-GREENE IL-
433 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
GREENE...SOUTHWESTERN MACOUPIN AND JERSEY COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM
CDT...

AT 428 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF JERSEYVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JERSEYVILLE...OLD KANE...KEMPER...MCCLUSKY...KANE...DELHI...
FIDELITY...PIASA AND MEDORA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 3910 9006 3896 9040 3897 9048 3896 9052
      3902 9058 3903 9057 3905 9059 3909 9059
      3933 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 234DEG 12KT 3908 9041

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

$$

GKS
220 
WWUS53 KLSX 202145
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
445 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2012

ILC061-083-117-202155-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-120520T2145Z/
JERSEY IL-MACOUPIN IL-GREENE IL-
445 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE...
SOUTHWESTERN MACOUPIN AND JERSEY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3910 9006 3896 9040 3897 9048 3896 9052
      3902 9058 3903 9057 3905 9059 3909 9059
      3933 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 234DEG 12KT 3908 9041

$$

GKS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 5:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMarion4 hr
May 20, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Pike37 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.