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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 19, 2017Lincoln County, Pike County, Missouri; Calhoun County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2017, 4:37 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Pike County, Missouri; Calhoun County, Illinois. It was in force for 53 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
May 19, 2017, 4:37 AM CDT (09:37 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2017, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Calhoun County, IL, Lincoln County, MO, Pike County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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
May 19, 4:55 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 551 Wsw Moscow Mills, MOMISSOURI AG SITE.
May 19, 5:02 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGWinfield, MOLARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR

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
May 19, 4:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 2017-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 631 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 2017-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
631 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

533 
WUUS53 KLSX 190937
SVRLSX
ILC013-MOC113-163-191030-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0083.170519T0937Z-170519T1030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
437 AM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Calhoun County in southwestern Illinois...
  Lincoln County in east central Missouri...
  Pike County in northeastern Missouri...

* Until 530 AM CDT.

* At 436 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 8 miles north of Buell to near Warrenton, moving
  northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Troy, Bowling Green, Elsberry, Moscow Mills, Winfield, Davis,
  Hardin, Hawk Point, Eolia, Clarksville, Fountain N' Lakes, Chain of
  Rocks, New Hartford, Tarrants, Belleview, Flint Hill, Kampsville,
  Old Monroe, Batchtown and Silex.

This also includes  Cuivre River State Park.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3940 9094 3939 9062 3920 9059 3914 9062
      3907 9058 3905 9059 3901 9058 3898 9056
      3888 9089 3889 9095 3887 9096 3887 9110
      3893 9111 3893 9119 3899 9119 3900 9126
      3914 9126 3914 9141 3930 9143 3943 9100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0936Z 242DEG 48KT 3916 9145 3890 9111 

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

Tilly
1 follow-up statement
057 
WWUS53 KLSX 191021
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
521 AM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

MOC113-163-191030-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-170519T1030Z/
Lincoln MO-Pike MO-
521 AM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI AND PIKE COUNTIES IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 AM CDT for
southwestern Illinois...and east central Missouri.

LAT...LON 3929 9060 3926 9061 3920 9059 3914 9062
      3907 9058 3905 9059 3898 9056 3895 9067
      3900 9068 3905 9071 3909 9068 3911 9068
      3915 9071 3925 9073 3932 9082 3939 9086
      3939 9062
TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 253DEG 48KT 3937 9071 3905 9048 

$$

ILC013-191030-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-170519T1030Z/
Calhoun IL-
521 AM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT
FOR CALHOUN COUNTY...

At 520 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Belleview to near Grafton, moving east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Hardin, Belleview, Kampsville, Batchtown, Hamburg, Mozier, Michael,
Meppen and Beechville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3929 9060 3926 9061 3920 9059 3914 9062
      3907 9058 3905 9059 3898 9056 3895 9067
      3900 9068 3905 9071 3909 9068 3911 9068
      3915 9071 3925 9073 3932 9082 3939 9086
      3939 9062
TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 253DEG 48KT 3937 9071 3905 9048 

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

Tilly

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Moniteau42 min
May 19, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Moniteau13 min
May 19, 4:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage, Warren and 1 more42 min
May 19, 4:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery, Warren33 min
May 19, 4:20 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery, Warren25 min
May 19, 4:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren, Washington and 1 more66 min
May 19, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage45 min
May 19, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage52 min
May 19, 5:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton, Jersey, Madison, Saint Clair62 min
May 19, 5:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Fayette, Greene, Macoupin, Montgomery69 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.