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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 14, 2023Brown County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2023, 4:41 PM CDT for Brown County, Illinois. It was in force for 19 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
Jul 14, 2023, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2023, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Brown County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 2023-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 354 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2023-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
354 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

439 
WUUS53 KLSX 142141
SVRLSX
ILC009-142200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0252.230714T2141Z-230714T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
441 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Brown County in west central Illinois...

* Until 500 PM CDT.

* At 441 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Meredosia,
  moving northeast 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Brown County, including the following locations...
  Versailles, Coopertown, Ripley, and La Grange.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4003 9061 4001 9062 4000 9060 3998 9060
      3998 9054 3999 9052 3997 9051 3995 9053
      3992 9054 3988 9058 3984 9058 3984 9065
      3996 9074 4003 9063 4002 9063
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 242DEG 19KT 3993 9060 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MRB
1 follow-up statement
633 
WWUS53 KLSX 142157
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
457 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

ILC009-142207-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-230714T2200Z/
Brown IL-
457 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4003 9061 4001 9062 4000 9060 3998 9060
      3998 9054 3999 9052 3997 9051 3995 9053
      3992 9054 3988 9058 3984 9058 3984 9065
      3996 9074 4003 9063 4002 9063
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 242DEG 19KT 3997 9050 

$$

MRB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison, Saint Clair14 min
Jul 14, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.