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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 27, 2021Franklin County, Gasconade County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2021, 5:24 PM CDT for Franklin County, Gasconade County, Missouri. It was in force for 15 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
Mar 27, 2021, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2021, 5:39 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 27, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 283 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 2021-03-27Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2021-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 369 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

099 
WUUS53 KLSX 272224
SVRLSX
MOC071-073-272330-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0012.210327T2224Z-210327T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
524 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Franklin County in east central Missouri...
  Gasconade County in east central Missouri...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 523 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bland, 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...
  Washington, Union, Pacific, St. Clair, Owensville, New Haven, Gray
  Summit, Villa Ridge, Gerald, Bland, Parkway, Rosebud, Swiss, Mount
  Sterling, Beaufort, Lonedell, Drake, Leslie, Canaan and
  Robertsville.

This includes Interstate 44 in Missouri between exits 239 and 257.
 
This also includes Robertsville State Park.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3855 9164 3863 9123 3860 9113 3861 9105
      3856 9100 3853 9091 3859 9078 3863 9073
      3831 9076 3823 9164
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 254DEG 37KT 3835 9163 

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

CVKING
2 follow-up statements
104 
WWUS53 KLSX 272232
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
532 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021

MOC071-073-272330-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210327T2330Z/
Franklin MO-Gasconade MO-
532 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND CENTRAL GASCONADE COUNTIES...

At 532 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Swiss to near Owensville, moving northeast at 65
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...
Washington, Union, Pacific, St. Clair, Owensville, New Haven, Gray
Summit, Villa Ridge, Gerald, Rosebud, Beaufort, Swiss, Drake, Leslie,
Noser Mill, Lyon, Robertsville, Catawissa and Moselle.

This also includes Robertsville State Park.
 
This includes Interstate 44 in Missouri between exits 242 and 257.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3857 9153 3863 9123 3860 9113 3861 9105
      3856 9100 3853 9091 3859 9078 3863 9073
      3838 9076 3832 9162
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 244DEG 56KT 3853 9142 3837 9153 

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

CVKING
647 
WWUS53 KLSX 272239
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
539 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021

MOC071-073-272249-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210327T2330Z/
Franklin MO-Gasconade MO-
539 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND CENTRAL
GASCONADE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
east central Missouri.

LAT...LON 3857 9153 3863 9123 3860 9113 3861 9105
      3856 9100 3853 9091 3859 9078 3863 9073
      3838 9076 3832 9162
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 254DEG 37KT 3854 9135 3838 9146 

$$

CVKING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Saint Charles, Warren44 min
Mar 27, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike52 min
Mar 27, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis38 min
Mar 27, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis38 min
Mar 27, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Washington28 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.