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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 31, 2016Fayette County, Marion County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2016, 2:39 PM CDT for Fayette County, Marion County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 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
Mar 31, 2016, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fayette County, IL, Marion County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2016-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2016-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1358 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

285 
WUUS53 KLSX 311939
SVRLSX
ILC051-121-312015-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0010.160331T1939Z-160331T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
239 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 239 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KINMUNDY...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KINMUNDY...FARINA...OMEGA...STEPHEN FORBES STATION...LA CLEDE...ST.
  PETER...ALMA...LOOGOOTEE...BRUBAKER AND ST. PAUL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 127 AND 135.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
ST LOUIS .

&&

LAT...LON 3867 8870 3869 8907 3887 8901 3892 8881
      3891 8881 3891 8869 3868 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 263DEG 35KT 3877 8896 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TES
1 follow-up statement
298 
WWUS53 KLSX 312006
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
306 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

ILC051-121-312016-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160331T2015Z/
FAYETTE IL-MARION IL-
306 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE AND
NORTHERN MARION COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3867 8870 3869 8907 3887 8901 3892 8881
      3891 8881 3891 8869 3868 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 263DEG 35KT 3877 8896 

$$

TES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 9:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXJersey5 days
Mar 31, 12:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXMontgomery23 min
Mar 31, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXMarion43 min
Mar 31, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington14 min
Mar 31, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion27 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.