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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS St. Louis, MO

October 24, 2021Callaway County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 2021, 6:37 PM CDT for Callaway County, Missouri. 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
Oct 24, 2021, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Callaway County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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
Oct 24, 6:38 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Guthrie, MOTREES DOWN OVER THE ROADWAY.
Oct 24, 6:48 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Ene Fulton, MOTREES DOWN OVER HIGHWAY E AND 283.

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
Oct 24, 2:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 279 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2021-10-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 860 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2021-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 225 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
860 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
737 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

614 
WUUS53 KLSX 242337
SVRLSX
MOC027-250015-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0171.211024T2337Z-211025T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
637 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Callaway County in central Missouri...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 637 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near New
  Bloomfield, moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Fulton around 645 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Williamsburg and Shamrock.

This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri between exits 155 and 161.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central and
east central Missouri.

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central and
east central Missouri.

&&

LAT...LON 3906 9163 3875 9165 3868 9210 3881 9214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 242DEG 34KT 3876 9207 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CVKING
1 follow-up statement
554 
WWUS53 KLSX 242348
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
648 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

MOC027-250015-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-211025T0015Z/
Callaway MO-
648 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY...

At 648 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fulton, moving
northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
  Williamsburg.

This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri near exit 161.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central and
east central Missouri.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3887 9164 3879 9165 3874 9196 3885 9198
      3900 9163
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 245DEG 47KT 3882 9190 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CVKING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 4:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXKnox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby6 hr
Oct 24, 4:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLewis, Marion2 hr
Oct 24, 9:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion23 hr
Oct 24, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike, Ralls41 min
Oct 24, 5:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion38 hr
Oct 24, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike43 min
Oct 24, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Moniteau48 min
Oct 24, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Montgomery, Ralls39 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.