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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS St. Louis, MO

December 10, 20214 counties in Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 10, 2021, 6:13 PM CST for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 47 min. 5 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
Dec 10, 2021, 6:13 PM CST (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Dec 10, 2021, 7:00 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Moniteau County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 10, 6:19 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 604 Ne Ashland, MOCOLUMBIA,MO (COU) ASOS REPORTS GUST OF 52.0 KNOTS FROM SW @ 0019Z KCOU 110032Z 20014G22KT 2SM VCTS +RA BR FEW024 BKN043 OVC080 14/13 A2943 RMK AO2 PK WND 22052/0019 RAB19 TS SW MOV NE LTG ALQDS P0025 T01390128.
Dec 10, 6:32 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG1 S Lake Mykee, MOCALLAWAY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TREE DOWN BLOCKING THE ROADWAY AT STATE HWY AA AND PLATINUM ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Dec 10, 6:32 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG2 Wnw Kingdom City, MOTREE DOWN ON ROADWAY ON ROUTE FF.
Dec 10, 6:37 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG1 Ne Fulton, MOCALLAWAY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE IN FULTON. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Dec 10, 6:37 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG1 Wnw Kingdom City, MOCALLAWAY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A DOWNED TREE BLOCKING THE ROAD AT OLD U.S. HWY 40 AND STATE HWY FF NEAR KINGDOM CITY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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
Dec 10, 5:17 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 252 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 00:00Z on 2021-12-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 637 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 00:00Z on 2021-12-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 344 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
637 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1113 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
344 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
8.4

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The text

As transmitted.

390 
WUUS53 KLSX 110013
SVRLSX
MOC019-027-051-135-110100-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0183.211211T0013Z-211211T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
613 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Cole County in central Missouri...
  Southeastern Boone County in central Missouri...
  Callaway County in central Missouri...
  Southeastern Moniteau County in central Missouri...

* Until 700 PM CST.

* At 612 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Columbia Regional Airport to 6 miles southwest
  of Ashland to McGirk, moving east at 55 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Columbia Regional Airport around 615 PM CST.
  Ashland around 620 PM CST.
  Jefferson City around 625 PM CST.
  Holts Summit around 630 PM CST.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Fulton, Auxvasse, New Bloomfield, Lake Mykee Town, Lake Mykee,
Shamrock and Williamsburg.

This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri between exits 137 and 161.
 
This also includes Rock Bridge State Park and Jefferson Landing
Historic Site.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CST 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 1100 PM CST for central and
east central Missouri.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9253 3887 9243 3906 9183 3906 9163
      3880 9164 3871 9172 3869 9175 3867 9186
      3865 9188 3856 9213 3847 9267 3848 9269
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 248DEG 49KT 3882 9226 3870 9233 3859 9247 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

BRC
1 follow-up statement
095 
WWUS53 KLSX 110023
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
623 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021

MOC019-027-051-135-110100-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-211211T0100Z/
Cole MO-Boone MO-Callaway MO-Moniteau MO-
623 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN COLE...SOUTHEASTERN BOONE...CALLAWAY AND
SOUTHEASTERN MONITEAU COUNTIES...

At 623 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles south of Murry to Columbia Regional Airport to
Centertown, moving northeast at 65 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
  Columbia Regional Airport, Auxvasse, New Bloomfield, Fulton, 
  Shamrock and Williamsburg.

This also includes Rock Bridge State Park and Jefferson Landing
Historic Site.
 
This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri between exits 137 and 161.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CST for central and
east central Missouri.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9253 3890 9234 3906 9183 3906 9163
      3880 9164 3871 9172 3869 9175 3867 9186
      3865 9188 3856 9213 3847 9267 3859 9261
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 233DEG 56KT 3892 9217 3881 9219 3864 9243 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Britt

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 10, 6:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Osage42 min
Dec 10, 6:27 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway34 min
Dec 10, 6:30 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXCallaway, Cole, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage45 min
Dec 10, 6:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Osage48 min
Dec 10, 6:42 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXPike48 min
Dec 10, 6:49 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Osage, Warren41 min
Dec 10, 6:50 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls40 min
Dec 10, 7:00 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXGasconade, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren45 min
Dec 10, 7:02 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXCrawford, Franklin, Gasconade43 min
Dec 10, 7:11 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXLincoln, Montgomery, Pike49 min
Dec 10, 7:16 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXFranklin, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren44 min
Dec 10, 7:30 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXLincoln45 min
Dec 10, 7:35 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren40 min
Dec 10, 7:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Washington26 min
Dec 10, 8:06 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis39 min
Dec 10, 8:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin35 min
Dec 10, 8:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis30 min
Dec 10, 8:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Osage41 min
Dec 10, 8:47 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Warren43 min
Dec 10, 9:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren and 1 more38 min
Dec 10, 9:39 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis51 min
Dec 10, 10:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Reynolds45 min
Dec 10, 10:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCity of Saint Louis25 min
Dec 10, 10:14 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXIron, Madison, Reynolds46 min
Dec 10, 10:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois41 min
Dec 10, 10:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds20 min
Dec 10, 10:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison18 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.