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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 27, 2021Greene County, Macoupin County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2021, 11:32 AM CDT for Greene County, Macoupin County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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 27, 2021, 11:32 AM CDT (16:32 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2021, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Greene County, IL, Macoupin County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 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 27, 11:39 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 42Roodhouse, IL

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
May 27, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2021-05-27Temperature 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 2021-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

169 
WUUS53 KLSX 271632
SVRLSX
ILC061-117-271715-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0048.210527T1632Z-210527T1715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1132 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Greene County in southwestern Illinois...
  Northern Macoupin County in southwestern Illinois...

* Until 1215 PM CDT.

* At 1132 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Alsey to 6 miles southwest of Carrollton,
  moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  White Hall and Roodhouse around 1135 AM CDT.
  Carrollton around 1140 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Greenfield and Palmyra.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3948 8970 3925 9061 3952 9058 3952 8970
TIME...MOT...LOC 1632Z 250DEG 35KT 3955 9048 3924 9050 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

MRM
2 follow-up statements
999 
WWUS53 KLSX 271641
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1141 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021

ILC061-117-271715-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210527T1715Z/
Greene IL-Macoupin IL-
1141 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN GREENE AND NORTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTIES...

At 1141 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Alsey to near Carrollton, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
  Greenfield, Palmyra and Virden.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3948 8970 3928 9051 3952 9054 3952 8970
TIME...MOT...LOC 1641Z 250DEG 36KT 3960 9039 3928 9036 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

MRM
614 
WWUS53 KLSX 271654
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1154 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021

ILC061-117-271715-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210527T1715Z/
Greene IL-Macoupin IL-
1154 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE AND NORTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTIES...

At 1154 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Woodson to near Greenfield, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Virden, White Hall, Roodhouse, Palmyra, Athensville, Wrights, Modesto
and Scottville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3932 9036 3952 9039 3952 8970 3948 8970
TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 254DEG 35KT 3964 9020 3932 9017 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

MRM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 11:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Jersey47 min
May 27, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Saint Clair55 min
May 27, 12:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGreene, Macoupin, Montgomery38 min
May 27, 12:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMacoupin, Madison34 min
May 27, 12:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXCalhoun, Madison3 hr
May 27, 12:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery28 min
May 27, 2:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXBond, Fayette3 hr
May 27, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton, Fayette, Marion44 min
May 27, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Randolph29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.