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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 19, 2021Pike County, Illinois; Pike County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 2:52 PM CDT for Pike County, Illinois; Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 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
Jun 19, 2021, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pike County, IL, Pike County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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
Jun 19, 2:52 PM CDTHAIL 0.885 Ssw Ashburn, MOHAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS.

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
Jun 19, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2021-06-19Temperature 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 2021-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
1960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

587 
WUUS53 KLSX 191952
SVRLSX
ILC149-MOC163-192030-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0062.210619T1952Z-210619T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
252 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Pike County in west central Illinois...
  Central Pike County in northeastern Missouri...

* Until 330 PM CDT.

* At 252 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Frankford,
  moving east at 25 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Bowling Green around 255 PM CDT.
  Tarrants around 300 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Louisiana and Pike.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3940 9093 3939 9094 3939 9093 3928 9092
      3934 9138 3949 9139 3950 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 269DEG 21KT 3946 9125 

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

KD
2 follow-up statements
458 
WWUS53 KLSX 192009
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
309 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

ILC149-MOC163-192030-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-210619T2030Z/
Pike IL-Pike MO-
309 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL
PIKE COUNTIES IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...

At 309 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Louisiana,
moving east at 35 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of south
central Pike County in west central Illinois and central Pike
Counties in northeastern Missouri.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3940 9093 3939 9094 3939 9093 3928 9092
      3933 9132 3949 9132 3950 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 264DEG 29KT 3946 9106 

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

KD
630 
WWUS53 KLSX 192027
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
327 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

ILC149-MOC163-192037-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-210619T2030Z/
Pike IL-Pike MO-
327 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL PIKE COUNTIES IN NORTHEASTERN
MISSOURI WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds and heavy rain are still
possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
southwestern and west central Illinois...and northeastern Missouri.

LAT...LON 3940 9093 3939 9094 3939 9093 3928 9092
      3933 9132 3949 9132 3950 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 269DEG 21KT 3946 9092 

$$

GKS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 5:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion18 min
Jun 19, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery45 min
Jun 19, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Jersey31 min
Jun 19, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Jersey32 min
Jun 19, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Jersey50 min
Jun 19, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Pike25 min
Jun 19, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Jersey44 min
Jun 19, 4:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCalhoun6 hr
Jun 19, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Jersey, Madison44 min
Jun 19, 4:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Jersey6 hr
Jun 19, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun47 min
Jun 19, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Clair43 min
Jun 19, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Saint Clair35 min
Jun 19, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe45 min
Jun 19, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis51 min
Jun 19, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Ralls59 min
Jun 19, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike, Ralls59 min
Jun 19, 5:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMarion, Pike, Ralls6 hr
Jun 19, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike44 min
Jun 19, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Ralls51 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.