Alert archive / Missouri / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 3, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2012, 1:59 PM CST for 16 counties in Missouri; 14 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2012, 1:59 PM CST (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
All 30 counties
Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Osage County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
594 WWUS73 KLSX 021959 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 159 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-098>102-MOZ049-052-059>065- 072>075-084-085-099-030000- /O.NEW.KLSX.WI.Y.0003.120302T1959Z-120303T0000Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL- MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-OSAGE MO-LINCOLN MO- GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO-ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO-ST. LOUIS MO- ST. LOUIS CITY MO-JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO-WASHINGTON MO- ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO-MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... CHESTER...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...ST CHARLES...UNION... ST LOUIS...FARMINGTON 159 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON * WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL BLOW AROUND ANY UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ GLASS
1 follow-up statement
125 WWUS73 KLSX 030000 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 600 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-098>102-MOZ049-052-059>065- 072>075-084-085-099-030100- /O.EXP.KLSX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL- MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-OSAGE MO-LINCOLN MO- GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO-ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO-ST. LOUIS MO- ST. LOUIS CITY MO-JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO-WASHINGTON MO- ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO-MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... CHESTER...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...ST CHARLES...UNION... ST LOUIS...FARMINGTON 600 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE EARLY THIS EVENING AS THE VERY STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. MOTORISTS WILL STILL NEED TO DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION AS SMALL BRANCHES AND OTHER WIND BLOWN DEBRIS MAY LITTER SOME ROADS DUE TO THIS AFTERNOONS HIGH WINDS. $$ TILLY
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 3:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole, Osage | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 4:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage and 1 more | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 4:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Osage | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 4:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Lincoln, Montgomery, Warren | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 5:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 5:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 5:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 5:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 6:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 7:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 6:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 7:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Montgomery | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 9:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 10:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 11:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 16 min |
| Mar 2, 11:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Randolph, Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 11:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 49 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.