Tornado Warning 25, NWS St. Louis, MO

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
527 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024

ILC051-121-072300-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-240407T2300Z/
Marion IL-Fayette IL-
527 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MARION AND SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES...

At 527 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Shobonier, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northern Marion and southern Fayette Counties, including the
following locations... St. Peter, La Clede, Loogootee, St. James,
Vernon, and St. Paul.

This includes Interstate 57 in Illinois near exit 135.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3875 8914 3889 8917 3902 8881 3891 8881
      3891 8869 3882 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 249DEG 33KT 3883 8908 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

Carney

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
535 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024

ILC051-121-072300-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-240407T2300Z/
Marion IL-Fayette IL-
535 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MARION AND SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES...

At 535 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Shobonier, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

Locations impacted include...
Farina, La Clede, St. Peter, Loogootee, St. James, and St. Paul.

This includes Interstate 57 in Illinois near exit 135.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3878 8900 3891 8909 3902 8881 3891 8881
      3891 8869 3882 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 242DEG 32KT 3888 8901 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

Glass

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
545 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024

ILC051-121-072300-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-240407T2300Z/
Marion IL-Fayette IL-
545 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MARION AND SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES...

At 544 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Brownstown, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

Locations impacted include...
Farina, La Clede, St. Peter, Loogootee, and St. James.

This includes Interstate 57 in Illinois near exit 135.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3879 8891 3894 8900 3902 8881 3891 8881
      3891 8869 3882 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 248DEG 27KT 3891 8892 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Glass

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Saint Louis MO
233 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

- The threat for isolated severe thunderstorms will continue
  mainly over southwestern Illinois through early this evening.
  Large hail and damaging wind gusts are the primary threats.

- Confidence remains high (90%+) in warm and dry weather across
  the region for tomorrow's total solar eclipse. It still looks
  likely (50- 60%) that there will be at least some high clouds
  over our CWA during the eclipse, however confidence in the
  coverage and the thickness of these clouds still remains low
  (30%).

- An active pattern will bring the potential (up to 70%) for
  multiple rounds of rainfall mainly across southern/southeastern
  portions of the area Tuesday into Thursday.

&&

.SHORT TERM...  (Through Late Monday Night)
Issued at 231 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024

An upper-level low is wrapping up and closing off over the Great
Plains per recent water vapor imagery. Surface observations show its
associated surface low is occluding over Nebraska. Locally, our
focus is on convection along the low's cold front/dry line/occlusion
that is currently along the Mississippi River in northeastern
Missouri/west-central Illinois extending south-southwestward into
southeastern Missouri. Current SPC Mesoanalysis shows pockets of up
to 250 J/kg of MLCAPE immediately ahead of the boundary and 40-60
kts of effective bulk shear. Instability thus far has been tracking
lower than expected, likely due to a combination of earlier cloud
cover and dew points being just a couple of degrees lower than
originally expected. This has so far limited updraft strength;
however, both the HRRR and the RAP have a plume of roughly 500 J/kg
of MLCAPE spreading northward across southwestern Illinois ahead of
the boundary later this afternoon and early evening. When paired
with the aforementioned shear, this will lead to an isolated threat
for severe thunderstorms capable mainly of damaging wind gusts and
large hail over portions of southwestern Illinois through about
00z/7pm when convection clears the CWA to the east. A brief tornado
or two can't be ruled out still, but model hodographs are more
straight than curved, indicative of just enough low-level shear for
a very low tornado threat.

Tomorrow, the closed low will be slowly spinning northward through
the Upper Midwest as the surface low follows a similar trajectory.
Thanks to the cold front/dry line today, boundary layer and mid-
level moisture will have been scoured from the area, leading to a
dry day. Southerly to southwesterly surface winds will advect warm
air into the CWA, with temperatures expected to top out in the mid
to upper 70s. Some locations across southeastern Missouri within the
path of totality for the solar eclipse may see afternoon highs top
out around 80 degrees. While the lack of moisture in the lower
portion of the atmosphere means that cumulus is very unlikely during
the eclipse, southwesterly flow aloft and a deepening low over the
Southern Plains produces concerns regarding cirrus streaming into
the area during the late morning and afternoon. A majority of
deterministic and ensemble guidance shows a layer of saturation
around 300 mb, leading to relatively high confidence that we'll see
at least patchy cirrus across the area during the eclipse. However,
guidance still varies on the magnitude and depth of saturation,
leading to continued uncertainty in how widespread or dense the
cirrus might be.

Elmore

&&

.LONG TERM...  (Tuesday through Next Sunday)
Issued at 231 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024

Early Tuesday morning, a western trough will be in the process of
ejecting out into the Southern Plains as a shortwave streaks through
the Ohio Valley. This shortwave will combine with a low-level jet
nosing into the Ohio Valley to support a broad area of showers and
embedded thunderstorms during the morning hours. Ensemble
probabilities are around 60-70% that southeastern Missouri and
southwestern Illinois will see rainfall with this first round of
rain, with probabilities dropping off rapidly north-northwestward
from there. As the low-level jet weakens during the late morning and
the shortwave continues to move east-northeastward, rain chances
will diminish, with guidance consensus pointing to much of the CWA
will be dry through the day.

Late Tuesday into Wednesday, both deterministic guidance and
ensemble clusters show the western trough becoming more progressive
and moving toward the Mid-South and Ohio Valley. Its surface low
will follow a similar trajectory, and while ensembles have
increasingly converged on a track from the Mid-South through the
Ohio Valley south of the CWA, there is still enough variability in
the track due to subtle differences in the phasing of the trough to
make how far north rain chances stretch into the CWA uncertain. As
with the early Tuesday system, ensemble-based probabilities are
highest (70%) across southeastern Missouri and southwestern Illinois
decreasing to 10-20% across northeastern Missouri during the day on
Wednesday.

As the surface low moves northeastward into Thursday, deterministic
guidance depicts a shortwave digging southward along the backside of
the trough as it departs the region. This shortwave will utilize
moisture on the backside of the low to keep the chance (30-60%) for
light rain going across the region through Thursday. Temperatures
will have cooled starting Wednesday closer to seasonal normals
thanks to the mid-week system bringing deep northerly to
northwesterly flow to the region. However, temperatures will begin
to creep warmer to end the week and start the weekend as an upper-
level ridge builds into the Midwest per guidance consensus.

Elmore

&&

.AVIATION...  (For the 18z TAFs through 18z Monday Afternoon)
Issued at 1218 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024

An area of scattered showers and thunderstorms is moving east-
northeastward through eastern Missouri and southwestern Illinois
currently. This convection will pass near or directly over KSUS,
KSTL, and KCPS early this afternoon. The scattered nature gives
lower confidence to direct impacts, so VCTS has been maintained
until confidence is higher in direct impacts. If convection is to
directly impact any of these three terminals, brief reductions in
visibility to MVFR or possibly IFR flight conditions is expected
as well as lightning. Once this convection clears these three
terminals' airspace, confidence is high in dry and VFR flight
conditions through the remainder of the period.

Elmore

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...None.
IL...None.
&&

WFO LSX

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service St Louis MO
238 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-081945-
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-
238 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

The chance for thunderstorms will continue across portions of the
area through this evening. A storm or two may become strong to
severe across parts of Illinois.

There is a threat of Elevated Fire Danger across parts of Missouri
through early this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

There is a chance of thunderstorms over parts of the area from
Monday night through Thursday evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report any instances of hail or wind
damage to NWS St. Louis.

Elmore

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service St Louis MO
452 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0449 PM     Hail             Aviston                 38.61N 89.61W
04/07/2024  M1.00 Inch       Clinton            IL   Amateur Radio

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