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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 31, 2018Marion County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2018, 10:45 AM CDT for Marion County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 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
May 31, 2018, 10:45 AM CDT (15:45 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2018, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Marion County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 10:47 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ene Kell, ILPOLE BARN BLOWN OVER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2018-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 828 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 2018-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 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
828 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

As transmitted.

538 
WUUS53 KLSX 311545
SVRLSX
ILC121-311615-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0080.180531T1545Z-180531T1615Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1045 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2018

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Marion County in south central Illinois...

* Until 1115 AM CDT.

* At 1045 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Salem,
  moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Helm, Iuka, Kell and Cartter. 

This includes Interstate 57 in Illinois near exit 109.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3847 8904 3856 8902 3863 8870 3848 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 1545Z 256DEG 30KT 3855 8894 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Glass

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 9:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXRandolph40 min
May 31, 9:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXWashington42 min
May 31, 9:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Washington47 min
May 31, 10:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion39 min
May 31, 11:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion11 min
May 31, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette, Marion20 min
May 31, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.