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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 9, 2021Adams County, Brown County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 8:07 PM CDT for Adams County, Brown County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 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: Jul 9, 2021, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2021, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jul 9, 8:48 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Mount Sterling, IL	HAIL FELL FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. REPORT RELAYED BY NWS DAVENPORT.
Jul 9, 8:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mount Sterling, IL	DAMAGE TO POWER LINE AND A POWER POLE ON THE EAST SIDE OF DOWN. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT. TIME BASED ON RADAR.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 1111 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

843 
WUUS53 KLSX 100107
SVRLSX
ILC001-009-100145-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0112.210710T0107Z-210710T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
807 PM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Adams County in west central Illinois...
  Brown County in west central Illinois...

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 806 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Colmar,
  moving southeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Mount Sterling.

This also includes Siloam Springs State Park.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy
structure and stay away from windows!

&&

LAT...LON 4019 9091 4011 9091 4010 9070 4009 9070
      4008 9067 4005 9068 4002 9063 4003 9061
      4001 9062 4000 9060 3998 9060 3998 9052
      3997 9051 3995 9053 3992 9054 3988 9058
      3984 9058 3984 9106 4019 9113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 333DEG 34KT 4029 9089 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Elmore

1 follow-up statement

191 
WWUS53 KLSX 100127
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
827 PM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

ILC001-009-100145-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-210710T0145Z/
Adams IL-Brown IL-
827 PM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN ADAMS AND BROWN COUNTIES...

At 827 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Augusta, moving
southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Mount Sterling, Camp Point, Clayton, Golden, Buckhorn, La Grange,
Versailles, Mound Station, Ripley, La Prairie, Kellerville,
Coopertown and Chatton.

This also includes Siloam Springs State Park.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for west central
Illinois.

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

This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy
structure and stay away from windows.

&&

LAT...LON 4019 9091 4011 9091 4010 9070 4009 9070
      4008 9067 4005 9068 4002 9063 4003 9061
      4001 9062 4000 9060 3998 9060 3998 9052
      3997 9051 3995 9053 3992 9054 3988 9058
      3984 9058 3984 9106 4019 9113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 335DEG 29KT 4021 9088 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Elmore

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown	47 min
Jul 9, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	65 min
Jul 9, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown, Pike	43 min
Jul 9, 10:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Adams, Brown, Pike	3 hr
Jul 9, 11:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Pike	3 hr
Jul 9, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Jersey	47 min
Jul 9, 11:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Pike	3 hr
Jul 9, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Jersey, Madison	61 min
Jul 10, 12:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Calhoun, Jersey	3 hr
Jul 10, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair, Washington	63 min
Jul 10, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph	52 min
Jul 10, 1:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Marion, Saint Clair, Washington	54 min
Jul 10, 1:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph	40 min
Jul 10, 2:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Jersey	10 days
Jul 10, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair	21 min
Jul 10, 3:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Macoupin, Madison	3 hr
Jul 10, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Marion, Randolph, Washington	59 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.