Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2012, 3:47 PM CDT for Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 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
- Jul 26, 2012, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2012, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Reynolds County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 3:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Ellington, MO | SIX INCH DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL |
| Jul 26, 3:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 W Ellington, MO | SIX INCH DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN AND NICKEL 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 253 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 854 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1336 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
781
WUUS53 KLSX 262047
SVRLSX
MOC179-262130-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0219.120726T2047Z-120726T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
347 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 344 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
ELLINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
ELLINGTON AND GARWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3707 9097 3709 9097 3709 9101 3716 9104
3717 9109 3720 9109 3720 9113 3725 9113
3726 9117 3731 9116 3726 9073 3717 9073
3713 9077 3705 9077 3705 9085
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 283DEG 18KT 3720 9109
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
TRUETT2 follow-up statements
485
WWUS53 KLSX 262101
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
401 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012
MOC179-262130-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0219.000000T0000Z-120726T2130Z/
REYNOLDS MO-
401 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
REYNOLDS COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 357 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLINGTON...
AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 6 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS
DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3707 9097 3709 9097 3709 9101 3716 9104
3717 9109 3730 9104 3726 9073 3717 9073
3713 9077 3705 9077 3705 9085
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 283DEG 19KT 3718 9098
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
TRUETT019
WWUS53 KLSX 262126
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
426 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012
MOC179-262136-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0219.000000T0000Z-120726T2130Z/
REYNOLDS MO-
426 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN REYNOLDS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM.
LAT...LON 3707 9097 3709 9097 3709 9101 3716 9104
3717 9109 3730 9104 3726 9073 3717 9073
3713 9077 3705 9077 3705 9085
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 283DEG 19KT 3715 9082
$$
PHILLIPSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison, Saint Francois | 27 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.