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Special Weather Statement, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2017, 3:36 PM CDT for Gasconade County, Warren County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 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 16, 2017, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2017, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
Counties Gasconade County, MO, Warren County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 271 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 487 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 16, 3:32 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 3:32 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Saint Louis MO 501 AM CDT Wed Aug 16 2017 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-170000- Greene IL-Macoupin IL-Montgomery IL-Bond IL-Fayette IL-Clinton IL- Marion IL-Washington IL-Randolph IL-Adams IL-Brown IL-Pike IL- Calhoun IL-Jersey IL-Madison IL-Saint Clair IL-Monroe IL-Knox MO- Lewis MO-Shelby MO-Marion MO-Monroe MO-Ralls MO-Pike MO-Boone MO- Audrain MO-Moniteau MO-Cole MO-Osage MO-Callaway MO-Montgomery MO- Lincoln MO-Gasconade MO-Warren MO-Saint Charles MO-Franklin MO- Saint Louis MO-Saint Louis City MO-Jefferson MO-Crawford MO- Washington MO-Saint Francois MO-Sainte Genevieve MO-Iron MO- Madison MO-Reynolds MO- 501 AM CDT Wed Aug 16 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern and central Missouri as well as west central and southwest Illinois. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A few strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and early this evening across parts of central...northeast...and eastern Missouri and well as west central and southwest Illinois. The primary threats are damaging wind gusts and hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday A few strong to severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday afternoon across parts of southwest and southern Illinois. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is possible this afternoon and evening. Kanofsky
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 3:06 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service St Louis MO 306 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2017 ILZ100>102-MOZ063>065-162045- St. Clair IL-Madison IL-Monroe IL-St. Louis MO-Jefferson MO- St. Louis City MO- 306 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE... SOUTHWESTERN MADISON AND NORTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL ST. LOUIS COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND ST. LOUIS CITY UNTIL 345 PM CDT... At 306 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Sunset Hills, moving northeast at 30 mph. Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... St. Louis, Belleville, University City, Granite City, Kirkwood, East St. Louis, Webster Groves, Arnold, Manchester, Clayton, Cahokia, Crestwood, Columbia, Richmond Heights, Ladue, Sunset Hills, Des Peres, Brentwood, Maplewood and Valley Park. This includes the following highways... Interstate 44 in Missouri between exits 272 and 277. Interstate 55 in Missouri between exits 190 and 191. This also includes Scott Joplin Historic Site and Mastodon Historic Site. LAT...LON 3836 9044 3853 9055 3876 9016 3848 9000 TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 241DEG 26KT 3850 9041 Tilly
Local storm report, Aug 16, 3:07 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
307 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SE COLUMBIA 38.94N 92.31W
08/16/2017 BOONE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON TOP OF A HOUSE ON MORNINGSIDE DRIVE IN
SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LSX1700583
FUCHSLocal storm report, Aug 16, 3:15 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
315 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0314 PM TSTM WND GST 3 W CHESTERFIELD 38.66N 90.63W
08/16/2017 M46 MPH ST. LOUIS MO ASOS
&&
EVENT NUMBER LSX1700584
ELMORESpecial weather statement, Aug 16, 3:15 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
315 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2017
MOZ061-063-162100-
St. Louis MO-St. Charles MO-
315 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ST. CHARLES AND NORTHERN
ST. LOUIS COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
At 315 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Chesterfield, moving northeast at 30 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
O'Fallon, St. Charles, St. Peters, Florissant, Chesterfield,
Wildwood, University City, Ballwin, Alton, Maryland Heights,
Hazelwood, Ferguson, Manchester, Creve Coeur, Overland, Jennings, St.
Ann, Bridgeton, Dardenne Prairie and Bellefontaine Neighbors.
This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri between exits 224 and 231.
This also includes Confluence State Park and First Missouri State
Capitol Historic Site.
LAT...LON 3881 9012 3877 9017 3877 9018 3873 9022
3872 9025 3870 9027 3856 9058 3871 9079
3894 9035 3892 9031 3892 9025 3885 9012
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 238DEG 25KT 3869 9058
TillyLocal storm report, Aug 16, 3:33 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 16, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole, Osage | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Callaway, Montgomery, Osage | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | City of Saint Louis | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Saint Louis | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Jersey | 43 min |
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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.