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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 27, 2021Clinton County, Fayette County, Marion County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2021, 2:31 PM CDT for Clinton County, Fayette County, Marion County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 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
May 27, 2021, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2021, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Marion County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.

924 
WUUS53 KLSX 271931
SVRLSX
ILC027-051-121-272015-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0054.210527T1931Z-210527T2015Z/

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

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Clinton County in south central Illinois...
  Marion County in south central Illinois...
  Southern Fayette County in south central Illinois...

* Until 315 PM CDT.

* At 231 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Brownstown to 6 miles west of Kinmundy to near
  Carlyle, moving east at 30 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Kinmundy and Boulder around 245 PM CDT.
  Farina and Omega around 250 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Centralia, Wamac, Central City, Stephen Forbes Station, Sandoval,
Fairman, Odin and Salem.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 70 in Illinois between exits 61 and 68.
 Interstate 57 in Illinois between exits 109 and 135.

This also includes Carlyle Lake Recreational Area.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3847 8914 3850 8915 3851 8922 3863 8947
      3881 8913 3898 8917 3899 8881 3891 8881
      3891 8869 3848 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 266DEG 24KT 3896 8901 3880 8897 3859 8935 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MRM
2 follow-up statements
314 
WWUS53 KLSX 271950
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
250 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

ILC027-051-121-272015-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-210527T2015Z/
Clinton IL-Marion IL-Fayette IL-
250 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CLINTON...MARION AND SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE
COUNTIES...

At 250 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Edgewood to Omega to near Shattuc, moving east at
30 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
  Kinmundy, Omega, Stephen Forbes Station, Centralia, Odin and 
  Salem.

This also includes Carlyle Lake Recreational Area.
 
This includes Interstate 57 in Illinois between exits 109 and 135.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3854 8928 3872 8929 3881 8913 3895 8881
      3891 8881 3891 8869 3848 8870 3847 8914
      3850 8915 3851 8922
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 271DEG 27KT 3893 8872 3870 8879 3864 8924 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MRM
218 
WWUS53 KLSX 272012
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
312 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

ILC027-051-121-272022-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-210527T2015Z/
Clinton IL-Marion IL-Fayette IL-
312 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLINTON...MARION
AND SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
south central Illinois.

LAT...LON 3854 8928 3872 8929 3881 8913 3895 8881
      3891 8881 3891 8869 3848 8870 3847 8914
      3850 8915 3851 8922
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 266DEG 24KT 3894 8855 3871 8862 3865 8907 

$$

Carney

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, 11:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGreene, Macoupin43 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, 2:46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.