Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 22, 2012, 2:04 PM CDT for Madison County, Saint Clair County, Illinois; Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri. It was in force for 24 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
- Oct 22, 2012, 2:04 PM CDT (19:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2012, 2:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Madison County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO, Saint Louis County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2:12 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | St. Louis, MO | SOUTH SIDE OF CITY AT INTERSECTION OF GUSTINE AND HARTFORD |
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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 620 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
740
WUUS53 KLSX 221904
SVRLSX
ILC119-163-MOC189-510-221945-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0340.121022T1904Z-121022T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
204 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 200 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SHREWSBURY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORMANDY...DUPO...HILLSDALE...NORTHWOODS...ST. LOUIS...JENNINGS...
CAHOKIA...BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS...RIVERVIEW...VENICE...EAST ST.
LOUIS...MADISON...CENTREVILLE...WASHINGTON PARK...GRANITE CITY...
BELLEVILLE...CASEYVILLE...SWANSEA...FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS AND PONTOON
BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3856 8983 3849 9022 3852 9026 3848 9028
3845 9040 3849 9041 3850 9040 3850 9042
3862 9048 3881 9012 3880 9012 3882 9012
3887 9001
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 250DEG 26KT 3858 9030
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH
$$
BRITT2 follow-up statements
716
WWUS53 KLSX 221920
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
220 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2012
MOC189-221928-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-121022T1945Z/
ST. LOUIS MO-
220 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3849 9022 3852 9026 3855 9027 3857 9031
3864 9028 3879 9014 3880 9012 3882 9011
3887 9001 3856 8983
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 250DEG 26KT 3861 9018
$$
ILC119-163-MOC510-221945-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-121022T1945Z/
MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-
220 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. LOUIS
CITY...NORTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR AND SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL
245 PM CDT...
AT 217 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST ST.
LOUIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS WITH THIS STORM.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VENICE...EAST ST. LOUIS...MADISON...CENTREVILLE...WASHINGTON PARK...
GRANITE CITY...BELLEVILLE...CASEYVILLE...SWANSEA...FAIRVIEW
HEIGHTS...PONTOON BEACH...COLLINSVILLE...SHILOH...O'FALLON...
MARYVILLE...GLEN CARBON...BROOKLYN...FAIRMONT CITY...HARTFORD AND
ROXANA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3849 9022 3852 9026 3855 9027 3857 9031
3864 9028 3879 9014 3880 9012 3882 9011
3887 9001 3856 8983
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 250DEG 26KT 3861 9018
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH
$$
BRITT424
WWUS53 KLSX 221928
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
228 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2012
ILC119-163-MOC510-221938-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-121022T1945Z/
MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-
228 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ST. LOUIS CITY...NORTHWESTERN
ST. CLAIR AND SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3849 9022 3852 9026 3855 9027 3857 9031
3864 9028 3879 9014 3880 9012 3882 9011
3887 9001 3856 8983
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 250DEG 26KT 3863 9009
$$
BRITTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 55 min |
| Oct 22, 6:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 49 min |
| Oct 22, 7:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 47 min |
| Oct 22, 9:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 45 min |
| Oct 22, 10:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 41 min |
| Oct 22, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair | 37 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.