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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 16, 2022Madison County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2022, 9:24 PM CDT for Madison County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 2022, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2022, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Madison County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 333 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 00:00Z on 2022-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2417 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2022-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
2417 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
951 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 16, 6:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 6:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 2:34 PM CDT, 6 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service St Louis MO
234 PM CDT Sat Jul 16 2022

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034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-171945-
Greene IL-Macoupin IL-Montgomery IL-Bond IL-Fayette IL-Clinton IL-
Marion IL-Washington IL-Randolph IL-Adams IL-Brown IL-Pike IL-
Calhoun IL-Jersey IL-Madison IL-Saint Clair-Monroe IL-Knox MO-
Lewis MO-Shelby MO-Marion MO-Monroe MO-Ralls MO-Pike MO-Boone MO-
Audrain MO-Moniteau MO-Cole MO-Osage MO-Callaway MO-Montgomery MO-
Lincoln MO-Gasconade MO-Warren MO-Saint Charles MO-Franklin MO-
Saint Louis MO-Saint Louis City MO-Jefferson MO-Crawford MO-
Washington MO-Saint Francois MO-Sainte Genevieve MO-Iron MO-
Madison MO-Reynolds MO-
234 PM CDT Sat Jul 16 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of eastern and
central Missouri as well as west central and southwest Illinois.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Widespread thunderstorms are expected across the area, mainly during
the late night hours.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Showers and thunderstorms are likely to continue through early
Monday for portions of the region.

It is looking increasingly likely that dangerous heat will return to
portions of the area on Tuesday and Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

BSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 7:11 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXKnox, Lewis3 hr
Jul 17, 4:09 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXClinton, Marion31 min
Jul 17, 4:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXClinton, Marion4 hr
Jul 17, 7:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXFayette3 hr
Jul 17, 3:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXFayette, Marion3 hr

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.