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Special Weather Statement, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 11, 2015Jersey County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2015, 11:30 PM CDT for Jersey County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2015, 11:30 PM CDT (04:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2015, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO

County Jersey County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1094 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2015-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 240 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
1094 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
7.2

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 11, 5:16 PM CDT, 6 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 5:16 PM CDT, 6 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
516 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015

.SHORT TERM:  (THROUGH LATE TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 356 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015

SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ALONG AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY AND AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT WHICH EXTENDS FROM JUST
NORTHEAST OF IRK TO JUST EAST OF STL. CONVECTION, POSSIBLY SEVERE
IS EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL IL LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EARLY EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE HIGH RAINFALL RATES.
SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY BACKBUILD INTO EAST CENTRAL MO AS THE
ATMOSPHERE IS QUITE UNSTABLE. ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT OF
CONVECTION IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING, MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST MO
AND WEST CENTRAL IL DUE TO LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION ON THE
NOSE OF A LOW LEVEL JET AHEAD OR NORTHEAST OF THE WARM FRONT WHICH
SHOULD BE SLOWLY LIFTING NORTHEASTWARD. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY
SHOULD BE NORTH OF COU AND NORTH-NORTHEAST OF STL. LOWS TONIGHT
WILL BE WARMER THAN THE PREVIOUS NIGHT DUE TO SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY
SURFACE WINDS, SOME MID- HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER AND HIGHER SURFACE
DEW POINTS.

GKS

.LONG TERM:  (SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 356 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015

UPPER LEVEL HIGH CENTERED OVER THE SOUTH-CENTRAL CONUS WILL MOVE
LITTLE OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS...BUT EVEN ITS SMALL AMOUNT
OF WOBBLING WILL STILL IMPACT OUR AREA AS ITS INFLUENCE IS
EXPECTED TO WANE EARLY NEXT WEEK...AND THEN WAX AGAIN LATE NEXT
WEEK.

THE IMPACT IN REGARDS TO HEAT AND PCPN CHANCES THRU MONDAY WILL BE
FOR THE BEST CHANCES OF RAIN TO REMAIN NORTH AND EAST OF STL METRO
WITH SUFFICIENT INFLUENCE FROM THE UPPER HIGH OVER STL METRO AND
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MO TO MAINTAIN THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS.
THE HOTTEST TEMPS WILL BE FOUND IN STL METRO WITH MAXES IN THE MID
TO UPPER 90S AND SHOULD RESULT IN PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES BOTH
DAYS AROUND 105F.  ELSEWHERE...PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 100F
ARE EXPECTED.

THE PERIOD TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY COULD FEATURE AN INTRUSION BY A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH MORE WIDESPREAD CHANCES FOR RAIN AND
SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AS THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH INFLUENCE
RETREATS TO THE SOUTHWEST AND RESULTS IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
OVERHEAD.

BY LATE NEXT WEEK...HOWEVER...THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH APPEARS TO BE ON
THE MEND AND BUILDS BACK IN AND COULD BRING A RETURN OF DANGEROUS
HEAT AND HUMIDITY TO MUCH OF THE AREA.

HEAT HEADLINES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR STL METRO FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY
BASED PRIMARILY ON 105 BEING ATTAINED BOTH DAYS...BUT SECONDARILY
WITH GOOD CONFIDENCE ON 100 OR MORE BEING ATTAINED FOR FOUR
CONSECUTIVE DAYS BEGINNING WITH THIS AFTERNOON.
ELSEHWERE...CONFIDENCE NOT NEARLY AS HIGH WITH LOWER FORECAST VALUES
AND SO WILL PROBABLY HINGE MAINLY ON WHETHER OR NOT 100+ HEAT INDEX
VALUES CAN BE ATTAINED THRU TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY WHEN THE FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA.  IT IS ALSO BECAUSE OF THE
EXPECTED FRONTAL INTRUSION THAT HEAT HEADLINES HAVE BEEN CAPPED AT
MONDAY FOR NOW.

TES

&&

.AVIATION:  (FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 458 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015

AT 21Z WARM FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE QUINCY AREA, EAST OF STL AND
THEN BETWEEN SPARTA AND MOUNT VERNON. FRONT WILL MOVE A BIT NORTH
SUNDAY BEFORE SAGGING SOUTH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS A
SHORT WAVE MOVES SOUTHEAST FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST. THE FRONT WILL
BE THE FOCUS FOR THUDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SO IN THE SHORT TERM UIN
LOOKS TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCES,  BUT LOW ENOUGH TO KEEP THE TAF
DRY. OTHERWISE VFR WITH A SOUTHWEST WIND.

SPECIFICS FOR KSTL: WITH THE WARM FRONT BEING THE FOCUS FOR
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT, AND IT LYING EAST OF STL, STORMS SHOULD
STAY TO THE EAST. CAN'T RULE OUT SOME STORMS SAGGING MORE SOUTH
OVERNIGHT AS THEY DEVELOP OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST BUT CHANCES ARE
LOW ENOUGH TO LEAVE OUT. OTHWERWISE VFR WITH SOUTH T0 SOUTHWEST
WIND.

JPK

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES:
MO...HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR ST.
     CHARLES MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-ST. LOUIS MO.

IL...HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR MADISON IL-
     ST. CLAIR IL.

&&

WFO LSX
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 4:14 PM CDT, 7 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
414 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-121200-
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-
414 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...PRIMARILY NORTH AND EAST OF
SAINT LOUIS. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING FOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION ON CONVECTIVE WATCHES...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
STORM PREDICTION CENTER WATCH PRODUCTS.

MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON ALL POINTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS
RIVER FROM LA GRANGE TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE ACROSS
EASTERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT.

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE AREA
TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 105
DEGREES AND GREATER SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SAINT LOUIS
METRO AND COULD IMPACT OTHER AREAS.

MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SECTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
ILLINOIS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

TES

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 11, 10:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1000 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0958 PM     FLASH FLOOD      COATSBURG               40.03N  91.16W
07/11/2015                   ADAMS              IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            IL 24 CLOSED BETWEEN COATSBURG AND POLAMA... OVERPASS
            UNDERWATER

&&

JPK
Local storm report, Jul 11, 10:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1001 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 PM     FLASH FLOOD      GOLDEN                  40.11N  91.02W
07/11/2015                   ADAMS              IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            IL 94 CLOSED SOUTH OF GOLDEN... OVERPASS UNDER WATER

&&

JPK
Local storm report, Jul 11, 10:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1002 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1001 PM     FLASH FLOOD      LORAINE                 40.15N  91.22W
07/11/2015                   ADAMS              IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            UP TO A FOOT OF WATER OVER IL61 BETWEEN LORAINE AND
            GOLDEN.

&&

JPK
Local storm report, Jul 11, 10:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1007 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1006 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MOUNT STERLING          39.98N  90.76W
07/11/2015                   BROWN              IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            10 RESIDENTS OF AN APARTMENT BUILDIING HAD TO BE
            EVACUATED DUE TO FLOODING.

&&

JPK
Local storm report, Jul 11, 11:18 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:30 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1130 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015

ILZ058-098>100-MOZ061-120515-
MADISON IL-CALHOUN IL-GREENE IL-JERSEY IL-ST. CHARLES MO-
1130 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN GREENE...
NORTHWESTERN MADISON...CENTRAL CALHOUN...JERSEY COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEASTERN ST. CHARLES COUNTIES IN EAST
CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1215 AM CDT...

AT 1129 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR HARDIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GODFREY...JERSEYVILLE...BRIGHTON...HARDIN...GRAFTON...ELSAH...WEST
ALTON...PORTAGE DES SIOUX...OLD KANE...KANE...FIELDON...OTTERVILLE...
NUTWOOD...MCCLUSKY...DELHI AND WOODY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3907 9014 3900 9015 3900 9011 3888 9028
      3889 9030 3889 9033 3888 9034 3885 9035
      3920 9066 3932 9048
TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 319DEG 21KT 3921 9051

CARNEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 8:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis3 days
Jul 11, 8:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis3 days
Jul 11, 9:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLewis6 hr
Jul 11, 10:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis62 hr
Jul 11, 10:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion68 hr
Jul 11, 10:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion4 days
Jul 11, 10:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXRalls4 days
Jul 11, 10:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXPike5 days
Jul 11, 10:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXPike5 days
Jul 11, 11:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXKnox, Lewis6 hr
Jul 12, 12:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXRalls42 min
Jul 12, 1:25 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXMarion3 hr
Jul 12, 2:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion50 hr
Jul 12, 2:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXPike, Ralls3 hr
Jul 12, 2:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMarion3 hr
Jul 12, 9:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXOsage3 days
Jul 12, 9:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion60 hr
Jul 12, 4:19 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLincoln5 days
Jul 11, 7:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAdams, Brown3 hr
Jul 11, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Macoupin, Pike40 min
Jul 11, 8:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXBrown7 days
Jul 11, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGreene, Jersey, Macoupin45 min
Jul 11, 9:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXAdams, Brown50 min
Jul 11, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams, Pike39 min

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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.