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Special Weather Statement, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 10, 2016Saint Charles County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2016, 8:21 PM CDT for Saint Charles County, Missouri. It was in force for 54 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 10, 2016, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO

County Saint Charles County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 2016-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 731 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
731 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1117 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

799 
WWUS83 KLSX 110121
SPSLSX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
821 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016
 
MOZ061-063-110215-
ST. CHARLES MO-ST. LOUIS MO-
821 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL ST. LOUIS AND
CENTRAL ST. CHARLES COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 820 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM ST. PETERS TO NEAR MARYLAND HEIGHTS. MOVEMENT
WAS WEST AT 10 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
O'FALLON...ST. CHARLES...ST. PETERS...CHESTERFIELD...
MARYLAND HEIGHTS...CREVE COEUR...DARDENNE PRAIRIE...WELDON SPRING...
COTTLEVILLE...ST. PAUL...WELDON SPRING HEIGHTS AND HARVESTER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 216 AND 228.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3884 9076 3866 9071 3867 9045 3884 9054
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 100DEG 11KT 3880 9060 3871 9054 

$$

CVKING

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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.