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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 16, 2021Callaway County, Osage County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT for Callaway County, Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 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
May 16, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Callaway County, MO, Osage County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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
May 16, 6:10 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 55Lake Mykee, MOMEASURED WIND GUST REPORTED BY PUBLIC, IN ADDITION TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL WITH PHOTO.
May 16, 6:10 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Lake Mykee, MO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 255 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 2021-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 122 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 2021-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

854 
WUUS53 KLSX 162300
SVRLSX
MOC027-151-162345-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0043.210516T2300Z-210516T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
600 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Callaway County in central Missouri...
  Northeastern Osage County in central Missouri...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 559 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lake Mykee,
  moving east at 20 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...
  Chamois.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3887 9178 3865 9168 3857 9207 3857 9214
      3858 9217 3870 9223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 247DEG 18KT 3866 9209 

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

Carney
1 follow-up statement
357 
WWUS53 KLSX 162320
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
620 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

MOC027-151-162345-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-210516T2345Z/
Callaway MO-Osage MO-
620 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN CALLAWAY AND NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTIES...

At 620 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of New
Bloomfield, moving east at 20 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...
Holts Summit, New Bloomfield, Chamois, Lake Mykee Town, Lake Mykee,
Mokane, Portland, Tebbetts, Reform and Steedman.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3887 9178 3865 9168 3859 9209 3872 9216
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 252DEG 18KT 3869 9196 

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

Carney

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau41 min
May 16, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway41 min
May 16, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage23 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.