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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 13, 20169 counties in Missouri; 9 counties in Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2016, 2:06 PM CDT for 9 counties in Missouri; 9 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 54 min. 27 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: Jul 13, 2016, 2:06 PM CDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Adams County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Pike County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO, Franklin County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Pike County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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
Jul 13, 2:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Bowling Green, MO	ESTIMATED 55-60 MPH
Jul 13, 2:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 50	Bowling Green, MO	45-50 MPH
Jul 13, 2:35 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Gerald, MO
Jul 13, 2:37 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	1 E Troy, MO
Jul 13, 2:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Troy, MO	TREES DOWN
Jul 13, 2:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 S Wright City, MO	TREES DOWN
Jul 13, 2:48 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Se Pleasant Hill, IL	TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 100 AND 96
Jul 13, 2:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Belleview, IL	POWER LINES DOWN AND ON FIRE
Jul 13, 2:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Troy, MO	8 LIMBS DOWN
Jul 13, 2:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Troy, MO	8LIMBS DOWN
Jul 13, 2:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Moscow Mills, MO
Jul 13, 2:54 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 68	St. Clair, MO
Jul 13, 2:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Union, MO	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
Jul 13, 2:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Nebo, IL
Jul 13, 2:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1	O'Fallon, MO	QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AND LIMBS DOWN AT HIGHWAY K AND I-70 IN OFALLON MISSOURI.
Jul 13, 2:59 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 50	Villa Ridge, MO
Jul 13, 3:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	St. Clair, MO	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
Jul 13, 3:03 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 50	Catawissa, MO
Jul 13, 3:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Hardin, IL	TREES DOWN
Jul 13, 3:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Union, MO	SHINGLE DAMAGE TO ROOF.
Jul 13, 3:06 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 S Milton, IL	TREES DOWN ON HWY 100
Jul 13, 3:07 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	1 S Dardenne Prairie, MO
Jul 13, 3:07 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	1 Sse Dardenne Prairie, MO
Jul 13, 3:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Catawissa, MO	TREES AND LIMBS DOWN
Jul 13, 3:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cottleville, MO	LARGE TREE LIMB BROKEN.
Jul 13, 3:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Pacific, MO	SEVERAL TREES AND LIMBS DOWN
Jul 13, 3:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	St. Peters, MO	LARGE TREES DOWN

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 13, 11:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 198 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

257 
WUUS53 KLSX 131906
SVRLSX
ILC001-013-061-083-117-119-133-149-163-MOC071-099-113-163-183-189-
219-221-510-132000-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0142.160713T1906Z-160713T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
206 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
  NORTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
  WESTERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
  WESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
  JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
  WESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
  ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
  ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 206 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR HANNIBAL TO BELLFLOWER TO NEAR BELLE...MOVING
  EAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ST. LOUIS...O'FALLON...ST. CHARLES...ST. PETERS...FLORISSANT...
  CHESTERFIELD...WILDWOOD...UNIVERSITY CITY...BALLWIN...
  GRANITE CITY...WENTZVILLE...ALTON...KIRKWOOD...MARYLAND HEIGHTS...
  EAST ST. LOUIS...HAZELWOOD...WEBSTER GROVES...FERGUSON...
  ARNOLD AND MANCHESTER.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN EXITS 20 AND 35.
 INTERSTATE 44 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 225 AND 277.
 INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 170 AND 191.
 INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 188 AND 231.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES  BABLER MEMORIAL STATE PARK...SCOTT JOPLIN
HISTORIC SITE...ROUTE 66 STATE PARK...CUIVRE RIVER STATE
PARK...CASTLEWOOD STATE PARK...MASTODON HISTORIC SITE...SANDY CREEK
COVERED BRIDGE HISTORIC SITE...GOV. DUNKLIN'S GRAVE HISTORIC
SITE...FIRST MISSOURI STATE CAPITOL HISTORIC SITE...ROBERTSVILLE
STATE PARK...MERAMEC STATE PARK... AND PERE MARQUETTE STATE PARK.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS! 
&&

LAT...LON 3977 9061 3969 9065 3956 9058 3952 9058
      3952 9006 3814 9024 3821 9136 3978 9115
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 276DEG 43KT 3969 9134 3900 9135 3830 9179 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

GLASS

1 follow-up statement

396 
WWUS53 KLSX 131938
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
238 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

ILC001-013-061-083-117-119-133-149-163-MOC071-099-113-163-183-189-
219-221-510-132000-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-160713T2000Z/
PIKE IL-ADAMS IL-GREENE IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-
CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MONROE IL-ST. LOUIS MO-PIKE MO-ST. CHARLES MO-
ST. LOUIS CITY MO-WASHINGTON MO-WARREN MO-JEFFERSON MO-LINCOLN MO-
FRANKLIN MO-
238 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR PIKE AND SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
GREENE...NORTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR...WESTERN MACOUPIN...WESTERN
MADISON...CALHOUN...JERSEY AND WESTERN MONROE COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...ST. CHARLES...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...WARREN...JEFFERSON...LINCOLN AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND ST. LOUIS CITY...

AT 237 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BARRY TO TROY TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOURBON...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST. LOUIS...O'FALLON...ST. CHARLES...ST. PETERS...FLORISSANT...
CHESTERFIELD...WILDWOOD...UNIVERSITY CITY...BALLWIN...GRANITE CITY...
WENTZVILLE...ALTON...KIRKWOOD...MARYLAND HEIGHTS...EAST ST. LOUIS...
HAZELWOOD...WEBSTER GROVES...FERGUSON...ARNOLD AND MANCHESTER.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES  BABLER MEMORIAL STATE PARK...SCOTT JOPLIN
HISTORIC SITE...ROUTE 66 STATE PARK...CUIVRE RIVER STATE
PARK...CASTLEWOOD STATE PARK...MASTODON HISTORIC SITE...SANDY CREEK
COVERED BRIDGE HISTORIC SITE...GOV. DUNKLIN'S GRAVE HISTORIC
SITE...FIRST MISSOURI STATE CAPITOL HISTORIC SITE...ROBERTSVILLE
STATE PARK...MERAMEC STATE PARK... AND PERE MARQUETTE STATE PARK.
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN EXITS 20 AND 35.
 INTERSTATE 44 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 225 AND 277.
 INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 170 AND 191.
 INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 188 AND 231.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
&&

LAT...LON 3977 9061 3969 9065 3956 9058 3952 9058
      3952 9006 3814 9024 3821 9136 3978 9115
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 276DEG 34KT 3969 9094 3896 9098 3826 9133 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

GLASS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 5:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LSX	Audrain, Boone, Callaway	51 min
Jul 13, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 7 more	50 min
Jul 13, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Washington	57 min
Jul 13, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren and 2 more	62 min
Jul 13, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Iron, Jefferson, Reynolds, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois	47 min
Jul 13, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois	46 min
Jul 13, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown, Pike	54 min
Jul 13, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery and 3 more	57 min
Jul 13, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph	31 min
Jul 13, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Montgomery, Washington	55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2016 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2016 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.