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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 12, 2002

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2002, 7:02 PM CDT. It was in force for 58 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: May 12, 2002, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2002, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

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 May 12, 4:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 4:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
430 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002

PROBS THIS PKG TO BE HVY PCPN TNGT. CDFNT SAGGING SLOLY S ACRS FA
AND STG TSRA DVLPG ALG AND MOVG NE. THIS ACTVTY TO CONT THRU EVE
UNTIL FNT MVS FRTHR S AND T0H S/WV MVS E. WL CONT FLOOD WATCH TNGT
FOR SERN ZNS BUT THINK PCPN ONLY LGT TO W AND N AND WL DROP WATCH
THERE. FFG VERY LOW OVR ALL OF FA AND TSTMS WL AGGRAVATE SITN OVR
SRN ZNS TNGT. PCPN SHUD END LT TNGT OVR SRN ZNS WITH CLRG ON MON.

MDL TEMPS IN GD AGMT AND ACCPTD WITH ONLY MINOR TWEAKS. 50H RDG BLDG
OVR CTRL US THRU MID WK AND DRY CONDS INTO XTNDD WITH NXT CHC PCPN
BACKED OFF TIL THU AS NXT SYS APCHS FM W.

.STL...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR TNGT FOR SERN ZNS.

WDB

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 12, 3:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
327 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0254 PM    NEW LONDON                MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/12/02   RALLS                          QUARTER TO GOLF BALL
                                          SIZED HAIL COVERING THE
                                          GROUND.

Local storm report, May 12, 4:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
443 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0254 PM    NEW LONDON                MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/12/02   RALLS                          QUARTER TO GOLF BALL
                                          SIZED HAIL COVERING THE
                                          GROUND.

0427 PM    GODFREY                   IL   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02   MADISON                        POWER LINES DOWN REPORTED
                                          BY MADISON COUNTY
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
                                          AGENCY.

0150 PM    MILLERSBURG               MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/12/02   CALLAWAY                       REPORTED IN MILLERSBURG
                                          AND ALONG I-70

Special weather statement, May 12, 6:30 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

ILZ058>060-064-065-098>100-MOZ036-051-052-059>061-063-064-130000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
630 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF
EASTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS A PORTION OF THE
REGION.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
TONIGHT ACROSS A PORTION OF THE REGION.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSOURI...PIKE...MONTGOMERY...LINCOLN...
WARREN...ST CHARLES...GASCONADE...ST LOUIS AND ST LOUIS CITY.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...CALHOUN...GREENE...MACOUPIN...JERSEY...
MADISON...MONTGOMERY...BOND AND FAYETTE.

Local storm report, May 12, 6:53 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
653 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0620 PM    3SE BONNE TERRE           MO   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02   ST FRANCOIS                    NUMEROUS TREES AND TREES
                                          LIMBS DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY
                                          67 AND ROUTE K

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX		41 min
May 12, 7:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Crawford, Iron, Madison, Reynolds, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois and 1 more	6 hr
May 12, 8:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson and 8 more	6 hr
May 12, 9:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson and 8 more	5 hr
May 13, 1:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Crawford, Iron, Madison, Reynolds, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois and 1 more	6 hr

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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.