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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 24, 2019Calhoun County, Illinois; Lincoln County, Pike County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2019, 6:09 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Illinois; Lincoln County, Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 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: Mar 24, 2019, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

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

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 24, 7:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Hardin, IL

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 24, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

737 
WUUS53 KLSX 242309
SVRLSX
ILC013-MOC113-163-250000-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0013.190324T2309Z-190325T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
609 PM CDT SUN MAR 24 2019

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

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

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 609 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Eolia, moving
  east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Elsberry, Hardin, Eolia, Kampsville, Silex, Hamburg, Paynesville,
  Whiteside, Annada, Edgewood, Mozier, Michael and New Hope.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3929 9060 3926 9061 3924 9060 3920 9059
      3917 9061 3914 9062 3908 9059 3907 9058
      3906 9059 3908 9118 3928 9116 3933 9062
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 267DEG 36KT 3918 9104 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Kanofsky

2 follow-up statements

577 
WWUS53 KLSX 242326
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
626 PM CDT SUN MAR 24 2019

ILC013-MOC113-163-250000-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190325T0000Z/
Calhoun IL-Lincoln MO-Pike MO-
626 PM CDT SUN MAR 24 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...NORTHEASTERN
LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE
COUNTIES IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...

At 626 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Eolia, moving
east at 45 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...
Elsberry, Hardin, Eolia, Kampsville, Silex, Hamburg, Paynesville,
Whiteside, Annada, Mozier, Michael and New Hope.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3929 9060 3926 9061 3924 9060 3920 9059
      3917 9061 3914 9062 3908 9059 3907 9058
      3906 9059 3908 9107 3929 9103 3933 9062
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 269DEG 40KT 3917 9093 

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

Kanofsky

093 
WWUS53 KLSX 242359
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
659 PM CDT SUN MAR 24 2019

ILC013-MOC113-163-250009-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190325T0000Z/
Calhoun IL-Lincoln MO-Pike MO-
659 PM CDT SUN MAR 24 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN
SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI WILL
EXPIRE AT 700 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 small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
southwestern Illinois...and east central Missouri.

LAT...LON 3929 9060 3926 9061 3924 9060 3920 9059
      3917 9061 3914 9062 3908 9059 3907 9058
      3906 9059 3908 9107 3929 9103 3933 9062
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 267DEG 36KT 3919 9051 

$$

Kanofsky

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 24, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LSX	Washington	47 min
Mar 24, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Washington	36 min
Mar 24, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Randolph	50 min
Mar 24, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun	43 min
Mar 24, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph	42 min
Mar 24, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LSX	Calhoun, Jersey	46 min
Mar 24, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Gasconade, Osage	54 min
Mar 24, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford	47 min
Mar 24, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Gasconade	38 min
Mar 24, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Washington	53 min
Mar 24, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LSX	Ralls	44 min
Mar 24, 4:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Crawford, Washington	41 min
Mar 24, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford	51 min
Mar 24, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LSX	Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	61 min
Mar 24, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LSX	Franklin	41 min
Mar 24, 5:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Washington	41 min
Mar 24, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LSX	Callaway	54 min
Mar 24, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LSX	Pike	68 min
Mar 24, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike	57 min
Mar 24, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LSX	Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois	47 min
Mar 24, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Washington	50 min
Mar 24, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LSX	Montgomery	55 min
Mar 24, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Francois, Washington	46 min
Mar 24, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LSX	Crawford	38 min
Mar 24, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LSX	Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren	47 min
Mar 24, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LSX	Reynolds	59 min
Mar 24, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois	19 min
Mar 24, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Iron, Washington	37 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.