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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 24, 2012Adams County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2012, 10:24 AM CDT for Adams County, Illinois. It was in force for 21 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
Jun 24, 2012, 10:24 AM CDT (15:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2012, 10:45 AM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Adams County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 10:38 AM CDTHAIL 0.88Loraine, IL

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

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2012-06-24Temperature 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2012-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

204 
WUUS53 KLSX 241524
SVRLSX
ILC001-241600-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0181.120624T1524Z-120624T1600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1024 AM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT

* AT 1021 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST
  POINT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...MINOR TREE DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
           BROKEN.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MENDON...GOLDEN...CAMP POINT...CLAYTON...WOODVILLE...LORAINE...
  CHATTON...LA PRAIRIE...PALOMA...COATSBURG AND COLUMBUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4020 9101 4009 9091 4003 9091 3993 9119
      4020 9136
TIME...MOT...LOC 1524Z 335DEG 29KT 4024 9122

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

TILLY
2 follow-up statements
454 
WWUS53 KLSX 241528
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1028 AM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012

ILC001-241600-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-120624T1600Z/
ADAMS IL-
1028 AM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
ADAMS COUNTY UNTIL 1100 AM CDT...

AT 1025 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST POINT...
AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 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...
MENDON...GOLDEN...CAMP POINT...CLAYTON...WOODVILLE...LORAINE...
CHATTON...LA PRAIRIE...PALOMA...COATSBURG AND COLUMBUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4020 9101 4009 9091 4003 9091 3993 9119
      4020 9136
TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 336DEG 30KT 4021 9121

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

$$

TILLY
644 
WWUS53 KLSX 241545
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1045 AM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012

ILC001-241555-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-120624T1600Z/
ADAMS IL-
1045 AM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN ST LOUIS.

LAT...LON 4020 9101 4009 9091 4003 9091 3993 9119
      4020 9136
TIME...MOT...LOC 1545Z 333DEG 29KT 4007 9111

$$

TILLY

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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.