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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 27, 2012Sainte Genevieve County, Saint Francois County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2012, 3:23 PM CDT for Sainte Genevieve County, Saint Francois County, Missouri. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 2012, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2012, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 300 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 2012-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 970 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 2012-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 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
970 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

063 
WUUS53 KLSX 272023
SVRLSX
MOC186-187-272045-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0222.120727T2023Z-120727T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
323 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...  
  EASTERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 321 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF 
FARMINGTON...AND MOVING EAST-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...
  WEINGARTEN...COFFMAN...MINNITH AND RIVER AUX VASES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3780 9053 3797 9046 3786 9002 3767 9010
      3767 9011
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 289DEG 30KT 3785 9038

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

$$

GOSSELIN
1 follow-up statement
292 
WWUS53 KLSX 272041
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
341 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2012

MOC186-187-272051-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0222.000000T0000Z-120727T2045Z/
STE. GENEVIEVE MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-
341 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ST. FRANCOIS AND SOUTHERN STE.
GENEVIEVE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 3780 9053 3797 9046 3786 9002 3767 9010
      3767 9011
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 289DEG 30KT 3780 9020

$$

GOSSELIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.