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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 15, 2013Adams County, Brown County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2013, 6:03 PM CDT for Adams County, Brown County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2013, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2013, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2013-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 82 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2013-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
82 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 15, 4:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 4:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 4:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
416 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-161145-
GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-
MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-
CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX MO-
LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO-BOONE MO-
AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY 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-
416 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING MAY
BECOME SEVERE AND BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND TORNADOES ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...
MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF SAINT LOUIS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER...HEAVY
RAINFALL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE..

TILLY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
451 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013

MOZ041-047-152230-
BOONE MO-MONITEAU MO-
451 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MONITEAU AND
SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JAMESTOWN...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CALIFORNIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  COLUMBIA...
  EASLEY...
  MIDWAY...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

BYRD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBrown52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.