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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 14, 2017Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri; Pike County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2017, 8:18 PM CDT for Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri; Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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
Jun 14, 2017, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2017, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Pike County, IL, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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
Jun 14, 8:20 PM CDTHAIL 1Center, MO

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
Jun 14, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 248 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2017-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2336 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2017-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 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
2336 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
9.4

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The text

As transmitted.

763 
WUUS53 KLSX 150118
SVRLSX
ILC149-MOC163-173-150200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0121.170615T0118Z-170615T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
818 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2017

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Pike County in west central Illinois...
  Ralls County in northeastern Missouri...
  Northwestern Pike County in northeastern Missouri...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 817 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Center,
  moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Louisiana, Barry, New London, Center, Frankford, Pike, Spaulding,
  Spencerburg, Hull, New Canton, Kinderhook, Saverton, Ilasco,
  Rockport and Ashburn.

This includes Interstate 72 near exit 20.
 
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 3938 9164 3960 9166 3975 9101 3936 9099
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 262DEG 24KT 3951 9154 

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

GKS
1 follow-up statement
524 
WWUS53 KLSX 150159
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
859 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2017

ILC149-MOC163-173-150208-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-170615T0200Z/
Pike IL-Ralls MO-Pike MO-
859 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...RALLS AND NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN
NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM 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.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
west central Illinois...and northeastern Missouri.

LAT...LON 3938 9164 3960 9166 3975 9101 3936 9099
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 262DEG 24KT 3954 9123 

$$

GKS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXMarion, Pike, Ralls3 hr
Jun 14, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXRalls50 min
Jun 14, 9:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXPike, Ralls49 min
Jun 15, 12:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion32 hr
Jun 15, 12:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMarion, Shelby8 hr
Jun 15, 12:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMonroe, Pike, Ralls8 hr
Jun 14, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike29 min
Jun 14, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXCalhoun, Greene52 min
Jun 14, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin42 min
Jun 14, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXMontgomery51 min
Jun 14, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXBond, Montgomery45 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.