Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2013, 10:32 PM CDT for Marion County, Ralls County, Missouri; Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 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
- May 15, 2013, 10:32 PM CDT (03:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Pike County, IL, Marion County, MO, Ralls County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 10:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 1 S Hannibal, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 3149 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
816
WUUS53 KLSX 160332
SVRLSX
ILC149-MOC127-173-160400-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0049.130516T0332Z-130516T0400Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1032 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
NORTHEASTERN RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 1028 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HANNIBAL...
AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAVERTON...SEEHORN...HULL AND KINDERHOOK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3961 9116 3960 9141 3974 9143 3976 9128
3975 9115
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 263DEG 16KT 3966 9130
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
CARNEY2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KLSX 160352
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1052 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
ILC149-MOC127-173-160400-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-130516T0400Z/
PIKE IL-MARION MO-RALLS MO-
1052 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEASTERN RALLS AND
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 1100 PM
CDT...
AT 1048 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF FALL CREEK...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 1 1/2
INCH HAIL 1 MILE SOUTH OF HANNIBAL MISSOURI WITH THIS STORM
AT 1035 PM.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINDERHOOK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3961 9116 3960 9141 3974 9143 3976 9128
3975 9115
TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 263DEG 16KT 3967 9119
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
CARNEY416
WWUS53 KLSX 160359
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1059 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
ILC149-MOC127-173-160409-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-130516T0400Z/
PIKE IL-MARION MO-RALLS MO-
1059 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEASTERN RALLS AND SOUTHEASTERN
MARION COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 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 SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3961 9116 3960 9141 3974 9143 3976 9128
3975 9115
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 263DEG 16KT 3967 9114
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Shelby | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2013Severe 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.