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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 13, 20165 counties in Missouri; Monroe County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2016, 3:13 PM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri; Monroe County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min. 9 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, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Monroe County, IL, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 13, 3:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGViburnum, MOWIDESPREAD TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
Jul 13, 3:25 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGDe Soto, MO6 TREE LIMBS DOWN
Jul 13, 3:25 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGDe Soto, MO6 TREE LIMBS DOWN. MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES WIRES DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY.
Jul 13, 3:27 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBonne Terre, MOTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
Jul 13, 3:28 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 505 N Bonne Terre, MOSMALL LIMBS UP TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER DOWN. WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 45-50 MPH.
Jul 13, 3:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBelleview, MOWIDESPREAD TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
Jul 13, 3:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGDesloge, MOTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
Jul 13, 4:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 N Bonne Terre, MOTWO REPORTS OF TREES ON STRUCTURE NEAR VALLE MINES
Jul 13, 4:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGDe Soto, MOTHREE REPORTS OF TREES ON STRUCTURES

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
Jul 13, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jul 13, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 264 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1257 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 289 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
1257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

As transmitted.

223 
WUUS53 KLSX 132013
SVRLSX
ILC133-MOC093-099-179-186-187-132100-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0146.160713T2013Z-160713T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
  ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 312 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF POTOSI...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. WIND DAMAGE REPORTED IN CRAWFORD
           COUNTY.

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FARMINGTON...BONNE TERRE...DE SOTO...DESLOGE...BISMARCK...
  IRONTON...LEADWOOD...PARK HILLS...OLYMPIAN VILLAGE...PILOT KNOB...
  IRON MOUNTAIN LAKE...VIBURNUM...ARCADIA...IRON MOUNTAIN...BIXBY...
  GLOVER...OATES...BELLEVIEW...LEADINGTON AND CENTERVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 162 AND 170.
 
THIS ALSO INCLUDES  ST. JOE STATE PARK...ST. FRANCOIS STATE PARK...
JOHNSONS SHUT-INS STATE PARK...FORT DAVIDSON HISTORIC SITE...ELEPHANT
ROCKS STATE PARK...TAUM SAUK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...AND MISSOURI MINES
HISTORIC SITE.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3747 9121 3750 9121 3751 9131 3759 9131
      3759 9116 3774 9114 3773 9064 3818 9063
      3815 9016 3740 9076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 280DEG 32KT 3785 9093 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GLASS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 5:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway51 min
Jul 13, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 7 more50 min
Jul 13, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Pike, Saint Charles, Saint Louis and 3 more54 min
Jul 13, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Washington57 min
Jul 13, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren and 2 more62 min
Jul 13, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois46 min
Jul 13, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams, Brown, Pike54 min
Jul 13, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Clinton, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery and 3 more57 min
Jul 13, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRandolph31 min
Jul 13, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Montgomery, Washington55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.