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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 13, 2016Sainte Genevieve County, Saint Francois County, Missouri; Monroe County, Randolph County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2016, 3:29 PM CDT for Sainte Genevieve County, Saint Francois County, Missouri; Monroe County, Randolph County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min. 11 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, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Monroe County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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, 3:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGFarmington, MOLARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ACROSS TOWN. SEVERAL POWER LINES DOWN. SEVERAL ROADWAYS BLOCKED.
Jul 13, 3:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGFarmington, MOSEVERAL POWER LINES DOWN... LARGE LIMBS AND SMALL TREES DOWN. SEVERAL ROADWAYS BLOCKED
Jul 13, 3:41 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGFarmington, MONUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
Jul 13, 3:42 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBloomsdale, MOTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
Jul 13, 3:42 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGFarmington, MOTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
Jul 13, 3:43 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 471 S Farmington, MO
Jul 13, 3:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGWeingarten, MOTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
Jul 13, 3:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGSte. Genevieve, MOTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
Jul 13, 3:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGChester, ILNUMEROUS POWER LINES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
Jul 13, 4:06 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGChester, ILTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
Jul 13, 4:12 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGSteeleville, ILTREES AND POWER LINES 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 13, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 280 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 2016-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1355 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 2016-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
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.

932 
WUUS53 KLSX 132029
SVRLSX
ILC133-157-MOC186-187-132115-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0147.160713T2029Z-160713T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
  STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 329 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DESLOGE...
  MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FARMINGTON...CHESTER...STE. GENEVIEVE...SPARTA...BREMEN...
  STEELEVILLE...PERCY...EVANSVILLE...BLOOMSDALE...ST. MARY...WOMAC...
  COFFMAN...ROCKY RIDGE...KNOB LICK...WEINGARTEN...EDEN...PRESTON...
  BLAIR...PRAIRIE DU ROCHER AND ELLIS GROVE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 141 AND 157.
 
THIS ALSO INCLUDES  HAWN STATE PARK AND FELIX VALLE HOUSE STATE PARK.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3765 9056 3815 9015 3815 8959 3795 8960
      3782 8968 3780 8968 3785 8974 3785 8979
      3788 8980 3791 8984 3787 8990 3787 8994
      3783 8999 3764 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 283DEG 56KT 3790 9044 

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

GLASS
1 follow-up statement
089 
WWUS53 KLSX 132100
SVSLSX

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

ILC133-157-MOC186-187-132115-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-160713T2115Z/
RANDOLPH IL-MONROE IL-ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-
400 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR RANDOLPH...SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN ST. FRANCOIS AND
STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTIES...

AT 359 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
CHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
         DOWN.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FARMINGTON...CHESTER...STE. GENEVIEVE...SPARTA...BREMEN...
STEELEVILLE...PERCY...EVANSVILLE...BLOOMSDALE...ST. MARY...WOMAC...
COFFMAN...ROCKY RIDGE...KNOB LICK...WEINGARTEN...EDEN...PRESTON...
BLAIR...PRAIRIE DU ROCHER AND ELLIS GROVE.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES  HAWN STATE PARK AND FELIX VALLE HOUSE STATE PARK.
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 141 AND 157.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3765 9056 3815 9015 3815 8959 3795 8960
      3782 8968 3780 8968 3785 8974 3785 8979
      3788 8980 3791 8984 3787 8990 3787 8994
      3783 8999 3764 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 279DEG 48KT 3795 8985 

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, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Jefferson, Reynolds, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois47 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.