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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 26, 2021Saint Louis County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2021, 2:25 PM CDT for Saint Louis County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 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
Aug 26, 2021, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2021, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Saint Louis County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 2021-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1067 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 2021-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1067 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

As transmitted.

837 
WUUS53 KLSX 261925
SVRLSX
MOC189-262015-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0154.210826T1925Z-210826T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
225 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern St. Louis County in east central Missouri...

* Until 315 PM CDT.

* At 224 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ferguson,
  moving southwest at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Hazelwood, Berkeley, Normandy, Cool Valley, Kinloch, Pasadena 
  Hills, Pasadena Park and Bellerive around 230 PM CDT.
  Bel-Ridge, Hillsdale, Wellston, Bel-Nor, Velda City, Velda Village 
  Hills, Greendale, Beverly Hills, Uplands Park and Glen Echo Park 
  around 235 PM CDT.
  St. Ann, Bridgeton, St. John, Woodson Terrace, Lambert-St. Louis 
  International Airport, Pagedale, Hanley Hills, Charlack and 
  Edmundson around 240 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
University City, Breckenridge Hills, Vinita Park, Sycamore Hills,
Vinita Terrace, Overland, Clayton, Champ, Maryland Heights and
Olivette.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3880 9014 3877 9017 3877 9018 3876 9019
      3873 9023 3871 9026 3868 9028 3864 9033
      3875 9046 3887 9030
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 049DEG 12KT 3875 9029 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Glass
1 follow-up statement
738 
WWUS53 KLSX 261942
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
242 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

MOC189-262015-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-210826T2015Z/
St. Louis MO-
242 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY...

At 242 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bel-Ridge,
moving southwest at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
  University City, Overland, Champ, Clayton and Olivette.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3880 9014 3877 9017 3877 9018 3876 9019
      3873 9023 3871 9026 3868 9028 3864 9033
      3875 9046 3884 9024
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 039DEG 13KT 3871 9032 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Glass

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis50 min
Aug 26, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Warren44 min
Aug 26, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion25 min
Aug 26, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Monroe41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.