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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 8, 2012Jersey County, Macoupin County, Madison County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2012, 8:58 PM CDT for Jersey County, Macoupin County, Madison County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 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
Aug 8, 2012, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2012, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 8, 9:06 PM CDTHAIL 0.25Jerseyville, 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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 00:00Z on 2012-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 296 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 00:00Z on 2012-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
296 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-254 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 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.

351 
WUUS53 KLSX 090158
SVRLSX
ILC083-117-119-090245-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0236.120809T0158Z-120809T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
858 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHWESTERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
  NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 857 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
  JERSEYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
  JERSEYVILLE...GODFREY...BRIGHTON...SHIPMAN...BUNKER HILL...
  DORSEY...OTTERVILLE...MCCLUSKY...DELHI...FIDELITY...MEDORA...
  PIASA...MILES STATION...FOSTERBURG...ROYAL LAKES AND PLAINVIEW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3891 8995 3899 9057 3902 9058 3919 9054
      3918 9051 3916 9050 3918 9049 3918 9031
      3919 9031 3917 8989
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 276DEG 25KT 3910 9042

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

$$

CARNEY
2 follow-up statements
908 
WWUS53 KLSX 090221
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
921 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

ILC083-117-119-090245-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0236.000000T0000Z-120809T0245Z/
JERSEY IL-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-
921 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MADISON...SOUTHWESTERN MACOUPIN AND JERSEY COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM
CDT...

AT 921 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JERSEYVILLE...
AND MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
GODFREY...BRIGHTON...SHIPMAN...BUNKER HILL...DORSEY...DELHI...
FIDELITY...MEDORA...PIASA...MILES STATION...FOSTERBURG...ROYAL LAKES
AND PLAINVIEW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3891 8995 3899 9057 3904 9058 3919 9054
      3918 9051 3916 9050 3917 9048 3918 9049
      3918 9031 3919 9031 3917 8989
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 276DEG 25KT 3907 9026

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

$$

CARNEY
299 
WWUS53 KLSX 090241
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
941 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

ILC083-117-119-090252-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0236.000000T0000Z-120809T0245Z/
JERSEY IL-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-
941 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MADISON...
SOUTHWESTERN MACOUPIN AND JERSEY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM
CDT...

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

LAT...LON 3891 8995 3899 9057 3904 9058 3919 9054
      3918 9051 3916 9050 3917 9048 3918 9049
      3918 9031 3919 9031 3917 8989
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 276DEG 25KT 3905 9008

$$

CARNEY

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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.