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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 24, 2017Gasconade County, Osage County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2017, 9:16 PM CDT for Gasconade County, Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 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
Mar 24, 2017, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Gasconade County, MO, Osage County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 261 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 2017-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 79 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 2017-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 243 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
79 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

533 
WUUS53 KLSX 250216
SVRLSX
MOC073-151-250300-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0040.170325T0216Z-170325T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
916 PM CDT FRI MAR 24 2017

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Osage County in central Missouri...
  Gasconade County in east central Missouri...

* Until 1000 PM CDT.

* At 916 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located just west of 
  Belle, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Owensville, Linn, Belle, Bland, Rosebud, Rich Fountain, Swiss,
  Mount Sterling, Drake, Gasconade, Morrison, Canaan and Bay.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3871 9171 3868 9156 3868 9154 3865 9138
      3841 9137 3824 9164 3829 9165 3829 9184
      3835 9191
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 219DEG 29KT 3831 9175 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TES
2 follow-up statements
856 
WWUS53 KLSX 250239
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
939 PM CDT FRI MAR 24 2017

MOC073-151-250300-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-170325T0300Z/
Osage MO-Gasconade MO-
939 PM CDT FRI MAR 24 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN OSAGE AND GASCONADE COUNTIES...

At 938 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mount Sterling,
moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Owensville, Belle, Bland, Rosebud, Mount Sterling, Swiss, Drake,
Gasconade, Morrison, Canaan and Bay.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3871 9171 3868 9156 3868 9154 3865 9138
      3841 9137 3824 9164 3829 9165 3829 9178
      3849 9183
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 206DEG 41KT 3855 9165 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TES
213 
WWUS53 KLSX 250258
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
958 PM CDT FRI MAR 24 2017

MOC073-151-250307-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-170325T0300Z/
Osage MO-Gasconade MO-
958 PM CDT FRI MAR 24 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN OSAGE AND GASCONADE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 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 gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
St Louis.

LAT...LON 3871 9171 3868 9156 3868 9154 3865 9138
      3841 9137 3824 9164 3829 9165 3829 9178
      3849 9183
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 219DEG 29KT 3867 9153 

$$

TES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXGasconade, Osage52 min
Mar 24, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXMontgomery45 min
Mar 24, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXLincoln, Warren52 min
Mar 24, 11:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXLincoln, Saint Charles50 min
Mar 24, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Warren44 min
Mar 25, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis81 min
Mar 25, 8:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXReynolds31 hr
Mar 25, 6:38 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLSXRalls37 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.