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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 28, 2014Audrain County, Callaway County, Montgomery County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2014, 1:13 PM CDT for Audrain County, Callaway County, Montgomery County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min. 6 reports 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
Apr 28, 2014, 1:13 PM CDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2014, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Audrain County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Montgomery County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 28, 1:15 PM CDTHAIL 17 E Fulton, MOMARBLE TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL WITH INTENSE RAINFALL OF ABOUT AN INCH.
Apr 28, 1:25 PM CDTHAIL 0.7E Williamsburg, MOON I70 JUST EAST OF WILLIAMSBURG
Apr 28, 1:49 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Montgomery City, MOWALL CLOUD WITH SLIGHT ROTATION ALONG WITH A LOT OF HAIL.
Apr 28, 1:52 PM CDTHAIL 1Montgomery City, MOHAIL SIZE VARIED FROM NICKEL TO QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR.
Apr 28, 1:52 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 N Montgomery City, MOHAIL RANGING FROM PENNY SIZE TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THE LARGER STONES WERE GREATLY OUTNUMBERED BY THE PENNY SIZE HAIL.
Apr 28, 2:00 PM CDTHAIL 1Montgomery City, MOHAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER COVERING THE GROUND.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 28, 1:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 290 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2014-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2014-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

488 
WUUS53 KLSX 281813
SVRLSX
MOC007-027-139-281900-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0064.140428T1813Z-140428T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
113 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 111 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
  FULTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MONTGOMERY CITY...WELLSVILLE...WILLIAMSBURG...SHAMROCK...MINEOLA...
  MARTINSBURG...NEW FLORENCE...BUELL AND DANVILLE.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES GRAHAM CAVE STATE PARK.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 155 TO EXIT 175.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3925 9153 3889 9134 3874 9190 3890 9192
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 231DEG 22KT 3888 9181

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

BRITT
3 follow-up statements
884 
WWUS53 KLSX 281827
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
127 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

MOC007-027-139-281900-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140428T1900Z/
CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO-AUDRAIN MO-
127 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
AUDRAIN...MONTGOMERY AND NORTHEASTERN CALLAWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM
CDT...

AT 126 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WILLIAMSBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTGOMERY CITY...WELLSVILLE...SHAMROCK...MINEOLA...MARTINSBURG...NEW
FLORENCE...BUELL AND DANVILLE.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES GRAHAM CAVE STATE PARK.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 155 TO EXIT 175.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3876 9184 3894 9187 3925 9153 3889 9134
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 238DEG 27KT 3893 9169

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

BRITT
726 
WWUS53 KLSX 281846
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
146 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

MOC007-027-281855-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140428T1900Z/
CALLAWAY MO-AUDRAIN MO-
146 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN AUDRAIN AND
NORTHEASTERN CALLAWAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3905 9164 3915 9148 3889 9134 3881 9164
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 238DEG 27KT 3900 9154

$$

MOC139-281900-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140428T1900Z/
MONTGOMERY MO-
146 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY
COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 143 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTGOMERY
CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTGOMERY CITY...WELLSVILLE...NEW FLORENCE AND BUELL.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES GRAHAM CAVE STATE PARK.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 170 TO EXIT 175.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3905 9164 3915 9148 3889 9134 3881 9164
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 238DEG 27KT 3900 9154

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

BRITT
262 
WWUS53 KLSX 281859
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
159 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

MOC139-281907-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140428T1900Z/
MONTGOMERY MO-
159 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS BEING
REISSUED...

PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3905 9164 3915 9148 3889 9134 3881 9164
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 238DEG 27KT 3905 9144

$$

BRITT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway, Monroe, Montgomery, Ralls33 min
Apr 27, 10:08 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion8 days
Apr 27, 10:08 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXPike8 days
Apr 27, 10:08 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXPike35 days
Apr 27, 10:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBoone, Callaway34 min
Apr 28, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway38 min
Apr 28, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren49 min
Apr 28, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin48 min
Apr 28, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike48 min
Apr 28, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles47 min
Apr 28, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis39 min
Apr 28, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis41 min
Apr 28, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln47 min
Apr 28, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis47 min
Apr 28, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis49 min

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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.