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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS St. Louis, MO

February 20, 2016Franklin County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 20, 2016, 7:18 PM CST for Franklin County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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
Feb 20, 2016, 7:18 PM CST (01:18 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2016, 8:00 PM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Franklin County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 20, 7:40 PM CSTHAIL 0.75Union, MO
Feb 20, 8:04 PM CSTHAIL 0.7Lonedell, MO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 277 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 00:00Z on 2016-02-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2016-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
2731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

031 
WUUS53 KLSX 210118
SVRLSX
MOC071-210200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0003.160221T0118Z-160221T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
718 PM CST SAT FEB 20 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 800 PM CST

* AT 718 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEAUFORT...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WASHINGTON...UNION...PACIFIC...ST. CLAIR...GRAY SUMMIT...VILLA
  RIDGE...PARKWAY...LONEDELL...BEAUFORT...CATAWISSA...ROBERTSVILLE...
  NOSER MILL...LYON AND MOSELLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 239 AND 257.
 
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES ROBERTSVILLE STATE PARK.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3836 9120 3854 9118 3854 9094 3853 9093
      3854 9090 3854 9074 3842 9074 3829 9077
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 272DEG 21KT 3846 9112 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

CARNEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 6:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Washington42 min
Feb 20, 6:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson44 min
Feb 20, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson46 min
Feb 20, 9:07 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Washington4 hr
Feb 20, 9:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson4 hr

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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.