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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 11, 2026Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2026, 6:49 PM CDT for Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 11, 2026, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2026, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 261 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2026-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1772 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2026-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 307 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
1772 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
688 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

742 
WUUS53 KLSX 112349
SVRLSX
MOC019-027-120030-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0178.260611T2349Z-260612T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
649 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Boone County in central Missouri...
  Central Callaway County in central Missouri...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 649 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Columbia
  Regional Airport, 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Ashland, Columbia Regional Airport, Guthrie, New Bloomfield,
  Carrington, Fulton, Kingdom City, Steedman and Reform.

This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri between exits 133 and 155.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds and large
hail.

&&

LAT...LON 3874 9238 3897 9222 3898 9177 3870 9178
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 272DEG 30KT 3885 9222

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

$$

Brown
1 follow-up statement
486 
WWUS53 KLSX 120008
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
708 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026

MOC019-120018-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-260612T0030Z/
Boone MO-
708 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN BOONE
COUNTY...

The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for a
portion of central Missouri.

&&

LAT...LON 3873 9219 3874 9218 3876 9217 3877 9216
      3878 9217 3879 9216 3880 9216 3881 9214
      3882 9215 3882 9214 3883 9215 3884 9215
      3885 9214 3885 9215 3897 9212 3898 9177
      3870 9178
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 272DEG 30KT 3885 9221

$$


MOC027-120030-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-260612T0030Z/
Callaway MO-
708 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY...

At 708 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles east of
Columbia Regional Airport, moving east at 30 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.

Locations impacted include...
  Guthrie, New Bloomfield, Carrington, Fulton, Kingdom City, Reform
  and Steedman.

This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri between exits 144 and 155.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds and large
hail.

&&

LAT...LON 3873 9219 3874 9218 3876 9217 3877 9216
      3878 9217 3879 9216 3880 9216 3881 9214
      3882 9215 3882 9214 3883 9215 3884 9215
      3885 9214 3885 9215 3897 9212 3898 9177
      3870 9178
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 253DEG 24KT 3879 9227

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

$$

Brown

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 Jun 11, 2:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • Another round of strong to severe storms is expected in most of our area between late this afternoon and evening. Damaging straight line winds and tornadoes are the most likely hazards, with a more limited potential for large hail.
  • Seasonable and dry conditions are expected tomorrow, but showers and thunderstorms will again be possible at various times between late tomorrow night and early Sunday. Some strong to severe storms are possible, but forecast confidence is low.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 2:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Saint Louis MO
243 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Another round of strong to severe storms is expected in most of
  our area between late this afternoon and evening. Damaging
  straight line winds and tornadoes are the most likely hazards,
  with a more limited potential for large hail.

- Seasonable and dry conditions are expected tomorrow, but showers
  and thunderstorms will again be possible at various times
  between late tomorrow night and early Sunday. Some strong to
  severe storms are possible, but forecast confidence is low.

&&

.SHORT TERM...  (Through Late Friday Night)
Issued at 238 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026

After an early round of thunderstorms moved through portions of
northeast Missouri and west-central Illinois this morning, the
forecast remains on track for a more widespread round of strong to
severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Damaging straight
line winds and tornadoes will be the most probable hazards
associated with these storms, with a more limited hail threat and
also the potential to worsen ongoing flooding mainly in northeast
Missouri.

While early morning storms have exited the area, allowing us to
cancel the previous Tornado Watch early, satellite and radar
observations indicate that the atmosphere is destabilizing quickly
behind it and ahead of an advancing cold front in northwest
Missouri. According to SPC mesoanalysis, as much as 3000-3500 J/kg
of largely uncapped MLCAPE is already in place, thanks to very rich
low level moisture featuring low to mid 70s dewpoints. As such, new
updrafts are already beginning to develop along the cold front in
northwest Missouri, and these storms are expected to continue to
expand and strengthen as the front overturns this extremely unstable
airmass.

Meanwhile, effective shear parameters across especially the
northern third of Missouri are more than sufficient to support
organized updrafts, ranging from 40 to 50 kt. Low level shear is
also relatively abundant (0-3km of 30-40kt, 0-1km of 20-30kt)
thanks again to a strong southwesterly low level jet. In spite of
the southwesterly surface winds, there is still at least some
clockwise curvature in the hodographs, although perhaps not as
enlarged as those further northwest. Finally, there appears to be
some semblance of an outflow boundary remnant from this morning's
round of storms, which may also add some additional low level
helicity if storms can manage to interact with it at the right
orientation.

All of this is to say that organized severe storms are very likely
this afternoon and evening, with all hazards on the table. Large
hail and tornadoes will be most likely with any supercells that
develop initially, although these storm modes are likely to occur
primarily to our west. Eventually, supercells are expected to grow
upscale into an expansive linear complex with embedded bowing
segments, possibly very quickly due to the strong forcing along the
front. Given the above parameters and a high probability of linear
storm modes, damaging straight line winds and QLCS tornadoes appear
the be the highest probability hazards. The latter threat appears
to be maximized across northern Missouri and west-central
Illinois where shear parameters are most favorable. Large hail in
the 1-2 inch range will also be possible, particularly with
isolated cells, but this potential will become more limited as
storms transition into a line. Finally, while these storms will be
progressive, we do expect brief heavy rain rates to occur given
the very rich moisture in place, and this may exacerbate ongoing
flooding issues in northeast Missouri and west-central Illinois.
Even an hour or two of heavy rain may be enough to cause flooding
in these areas, and considering that we had another round of rain
this morning, a Flash Flood Watch has also been issued through 7
PM to account for this.

Storms will steadily move southeast through the evening, and
eventually exit the area to the southeast sometime between 11 pm and
1 am. Severe storms will be possible at any time between roughly 4
PM and then, but will likely be maximized before roughly 10 pm when
instability is expected to be highest...which also places the
greatest threat area along and north of I-44.

BRC

&&

.LONG TERM...  (Saturday through Next Thursday)
Issued at 238 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026

Overnight tonight, a cold front will move through the area, which
will usher in a more seasonable and mild airmass for early summer.
Clearing skies and light winds may also allow for some river valley
fog overnight as well, particularly in central/northeast Missouri
where skies will clear faster, and also in areas that have more
lingering surface moisture. Expect near average temperatures
tomorrow, with mostly clear skies and more comfortable humidity
levels.

While we will have Friday to provide a bit of a lull in our active
pattern, additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected
Saturday and again Sunday as we enter a zonal flow pattern aloft.
Saturday in particular has a lot of moving pieces, including the
potential for early morning convection along the nose of a
strengthening low level jet, followed by possibly additional showers
and storms later in the day and again overnight/Sunday morning. Much
will depend on how each round evolves, and also on the passage of
subtle shortwaves through the day and overnight. While very little
confidence exists in the coverage or timing of strong or severe
storms, bulk parameters support the potential for this to occur at
some point during this window, and this threat will be evaluated
more closely in subsequent forecast packages. Beyond Sunday,
confidence is increasing that we will enter a relatively cool
pattern as a trough digs into the central U.S., although there may
be a few opportunities for showers periodically.

BRC

&&

.AVIATION...  (For the 18z TAFs through 18z Friday Afternoon)
Issued at 1218 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026

VFR conditions are in place early this afternoon, but widespread
MVFR cumulus clouds exist throughout the area and will remain so
until a round of showers and thunderstorms sweeps through late
this afternoon and evening. This round of storms will be brief,
but is expected to impact all local terminals at some point
between 21 and 02Z, first at COU/JEF/UIN, and later at
STL/SUS/CPS. Strong surface winds and brief heavy rain can be
expected with these storms, with a more limited potential for
hail. Brief visibility and ceiling reductions are both expected
as storms impact terminals.

Skies will clear behind these storms and a cold front will switch
breezy south-southwest winds to the northwest. Winds will weaken
overnight, and patchy fog is likely in some river valleys. This
has been included at the SUS and JEF TAFs as these sites are fog
prone in these conditions.

BRC

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...Flood Watch until 7 PM CDT this evening for Knox MO-Lewis MO-
     Marion MO-Shelby MO.

IL...Flood Watch until 7 PM CDT this evening for Adams IL-Brown IL.

&&

WFO LSX

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 12:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1252 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026

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

0504 PM     Hail             1 SE Raymond            39.31N 89.56W
06/10/2026  M1.00 Inch       Montgomery         IL   Emergency Mngr

            Delayed Report - County EM submitted a
            report from yesterdays severe thunderstorm
            that impacted the northwest portion of the
            county just southeast of Raymond IL.

&&

Maples
Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:58 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service St Louis MO
558 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026

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

0510 PM     Flash Flood      1 N Bethel              39.90N 92.02W
06/11/2026                   Shelby             MO   Law Enforcement

            Flooding reported near Bethel along hwy 15.
            Location unknown.

&&

CP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis55 min
Jun 10, 8:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXKnox, Lewis5 hr
Jun 10, 10:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis71 hr
Jun 10, 10:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMonroe38 hr
Jun 10, 10:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis3 days
Jun 10, 11:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXKnox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby3 hr
Jun 11, 1:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion52 hr
Jun 11, 2:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion4 days
Jun 11, 10:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Lewis51 min
Jun 11, 11:50 AM CDTFlood WatchLSXKnox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby7 hr
Jun 11, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox61 min
Jun 11, 3:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXKnox3 hr
Jun 11, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Shelby58 min
Jun 11, 4:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXShelby3 hr
Jun 11, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby57 min
Jun 11, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXShelby47 min
Jun 11, 5:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLewis, Marion108 min
Jun 11, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Monroe66 min
Jun 11, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby43 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.