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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 317, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 8, 2024Saint Charles County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2024, 3:32 PM CDT for Saint Charles County, Missouri. It was in force for 14 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 8, 2024, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2024, 3:46 PM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Saint Charles County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 234 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 2024-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 163 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 12:00Z on 2024-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
163 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 8, 12:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 12:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 2:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service St Louis MO
229 PM CDT Mon Jul 8 2024

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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 IL-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-
229 PM CDT Mon Jul 8 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are forecast through this evening. A few of
these storms may be strong to severe with damaging winds the main
threat.

Widespread moderate to heavy rain will move into southeast Missouri
late tonight where a flood watch is in effect.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Heavy rain and the potential for flash flooding associated with the
remnants of Tropical Cyclone Beryl will spread across much of central
and eastern Missouri into southwest and south central Illinois on
Tuesday. Please refer to the Flood Watch for more details.

There is a chance of thunderstorms over parts of the area on
Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed.

Britt

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade48 min
Jul 8, 1:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau3 hr
Jul 8, 2:37 AM CDTFlood WatchLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 16 more48 hr
Jul 8, 3:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBoone5 hr
Jul 8, 3:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXBoone8 hr
Jul 8, 4:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway4 hr
Jul 8, 4:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLincoln, Montgomery, Warren3 hr
Jul 8, 9:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXReynolds48 hr
Jul 8, 1:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXReynolds3 hr
Jul 8, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Louis24 min
Jul 8, 4:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXFranklin, Saint Charles42 min
Jul 8, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLSXJefferson, Saint Louis30 min
Jul 8, 4:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin3 hr
Jul 8, 4:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis3 hr
Jul 8, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis48 min
Jul 8, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis28 min
Jul 8, 5:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXJefferson, Saint Louis3 hr
Jul 8, 5:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXCrawford3 hr
Jul 8, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Saint Clair45 min
Jul 8, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Clair18 min
Jul 8, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton, Madison39 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.