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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2016, 5:08 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Missouri; Calhoun County, Jersey County, Illinois. It was in force for 17 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
- Apr 30, 2016, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2016, 5:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Calhoun County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Lincoln County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 210 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
453
WUUS53 KLSX 302208
SVRLSX
ILC013-083-MOC113-302245-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0039.160430T2208Z-160430T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
508 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 507 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINFIELD...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINFIELD...FIELDON...BATCHTOWN...FOLEY...MEPPEN...BEECHVILLE AND
NUTWOOD.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES PERE MARQUETTE STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3897 9046 3896 9084 3910 9087 3914 9062
3912 9060 3914 9059 3916 9050
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 263DEG 21KT 3907 9072
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
TILLY1 follow-up statement
224
WWUS53 KLSX 302225
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
525 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
ILC013-083-MOC113-302235-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160430T2245Z/
JERSEY IL-CALHOUN IL-LINCOLN MO-
525 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN AND EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3897 9046 3896 9084 3910 9087 3914 9062
3912 9060 3914 9059 3916 9050
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 263DEG 21KT 3908 9058
$$
TILLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 10:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Warren | 3 days |
| Apr 30, 10:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 3 days |
| Apr 30, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 52 min |
| Apr 30, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.