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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 16, 2016Moniteau County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2016, 3:31 AM CDT for Moniteau County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 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 16, 2016, 3:31 AM CDT (08:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Moniteau County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 941 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
941 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1356 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

571 
WUUS53 KLSX 160831
SVRLSX
MOC135-160900-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0151.160716T0831Z-160716T0900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
331 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 331 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER JAMESTOWN...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 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...
  JAMESTOWN...EASLEY...LUPUS AND SANDY HOOK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3885 9245 3882 9243 3882 9240 3881 9238
      3878 9239 3877 9241 3873 9239 3869 9241
      3880 9251
TIME...MOT...LOC 0831Z 315DEG 8KT 3880 9244 

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

CARNEY
1 follow-up statement
704 
WWUS53 KLSX 160855
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
355 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016

MOC135-160904-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-160716T0900Z/
MONITEAU MO-
355 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONITEAU COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 400 AM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3885 9245 3882 9243 3882 9240 3881 9238
      3878 9239 3877 9241 3873 9239 3869 9241
      3880 9251
TIME...MOT...LOC 0851Z 315DEG 8KT 3880 9244 

$$

CARNEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 3:11 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXBoone, Moniteau5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2016Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.