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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 9, 2021Marion County, Ralls County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 8:55 PM CDT for Marion County, Ralls County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 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, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2021, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Marion County, MO, Ralls County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 9:23 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Wnw Palmyra, MOREPORTS OF TREES DOWN ACROSS MULTIPLE COUNTY ROADS. TIME AND LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 9, 9:51 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 80Rensselaer, MONWS STORM SURVEY ESTIMATED 80 MPH WINDS JUST WEST OF RENSSELAER. MANY LARGE BRANCHES AND TREES SNAPPED ALONG WITH SOME ROOF DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 9, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2021-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2021-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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.

228 
WUUS53 KLSX 100155
SVRLSX
MOC127-173-100245-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0115.210710T0155Z-210710T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
855 PM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Ralls County in northeastern Missouri...
  Marion County in northeastern Missouri...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 854 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Maywood,
  moving southeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters reported quarter size hail.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Palmyra and Hannibal.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3995 9148 3991 9143 3988 9145 3984 9144
      3982 9138 3979 9136 3973 9137 3966 9128
      3960 9157 3991 9174 3995 9166
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 317DEG 19KT 3991 9161 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Elmore

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis, Marion39 min
Jul 9, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis62 min
Jul 9, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox45 min
Jul 9, 9:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXLewis, Marion32 min
Jul 9, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby65 min
Jul 9, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis48 min
Jul 9, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Monroe, Pike, Ralls, Shelby54 min
Jul 9, 9:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLewis, Marion3 hr
Jul 9, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Lincoln, Monroe, Pike, Ralls50 min
Jul 9, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Shelby23 min
Jul 9, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren45 min
Jul 9, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Franklin, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage, Warren67 min
Jul 9, 11:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis5 days
Jul 9, 11:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis32 hr
Jul 9, 11:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion4 days
Jul 9, 11:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXAudrain, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Ralls, Shelby3 hr
Jul 9, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Montgomery, Saint Charles, Warren47 min
Jul 9, 11:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXLincoln, Pike3 hr
Jul 9, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren and 1 more61 min
Jul 10, 12:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXLincoln, Saint Charles3 hr
Jul 10, 12:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis3 hr
Jul 10, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis63 min
Jul 10, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington52 min
Jul 10, 1:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion18 hr
Jul 10, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Madison, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington40 min
Jul 10, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Madison21 min
Jul 10, 6:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMonroe4 days
Jul 10, 8:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLincoln3 days
Jul 10, 2:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis3 hr

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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.