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Special Weather Statement, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 3, 2017Montgomery County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2017, 3:04 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 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
Aug 3, 2017, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2017, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO

County Montgomery County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 277 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 12:00Z on 2017-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 668 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 12:00Z on 2017-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
668 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1310 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

287 
WWUS83 KLSX 032004
SPSLSX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
304 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2017
 
MOZ050>052-060-032045-
Montgomery MO-Lincoln MO-Warren MO-Callaway MO-
304 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN...NORTHERN
MONTGOMERY...NORTHEASTERN CALLAWAY AND NORTH CENTRAL WARREN COUNTIES
UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

At 304 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Montgomery City, moving east at 35 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Montgomery City, Wellsville, New Florence, Hawk Point, Bellflower,
Shamrock, Buell, Middletown, Truxton, Cave and Olney.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3906 9168 3906 9163 3913 9163 3912 9105
      3889 9108 3894 9171
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 270DEG 29KT 3901 9153 

$$

KD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXCity of Saint Louis49 min
Aug 3, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXReynolds50 min
Aug 3, 12:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXAdams4 hr
Aug 3, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXBond44 min
Aug 3, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Clinton, Madison20 min
Aug 3, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXFayette51 min
Aug 3, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Fayette, Montgomery17 min

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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.