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Dense Fog Advisory 2, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 14, 20147 counties in Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this dense fog advisory at Jul 14, 2014, 5:27 AM CDT for 7 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2014, 5:27 AM CDT (10:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2014, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO

Counties Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 254 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2014-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1256 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2014-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 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
1256 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this dense fog advisory 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 dense fog advisory went out at Jul 14, 3:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 3:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 3:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
349 AM CDT MON JUL 14 2014

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-151200-
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-
349 AM CDT MON JUL 14 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS THE REGION.
ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...A
FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL
AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

MAJOR RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ON THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN QUINCY AND SAVERTON. PLEASE SEE THE
APPROPRIATE FLOOD WARNING OR STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

MAJOR RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ON THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN QUINCY AND SAVERTON EARLY THIS WEEK.
PLEASE SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD WARNING OR STATEMENT FOR
SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

TILLY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 2:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 2:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXSainte Genevieve7 hr
Jul 14, 12:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau38 min
Jul 14, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Cole, Moniteau36 min
Jul 14, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis41 min
Jul 14, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis38 min
Jul 14, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis18 min

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Missouri, 2014Every dense fog advisory in 2014

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.