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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 22, 2002

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2002, 4:33 PM CDT. It was in force for 42 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 22, 2002, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2002, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
42 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 Jul 22, 3:35 PM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 3:35 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
335 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2002

MAIN CONCERNS THIS PKG NOW TO BE MVMT OF CDFNT AND CHCS FOR PCPN.
HOT WX TO END WITH FROPA AND TEMPS RTN TO AT OR BLO NRML FOR NR
TERM. MDLS IN GEN AGMT IN TAKING 50H S/WV ACRS NRN STRM WITH RDG
REBUILDING OVR CTRL RCKY MTNS BY 30H. RGN WL RMN IN NLY UPR FLOW
THRU REST OF WK WITH ANTHR S/WV DROPPING INTO MIDWST BY LT THU. MDLS
TAKE SFC FNT WELL S INTO SRN AR BFR STALLING AND THINK THIS MAY BE
TOO FAR S.

TSRA STARTING TO FIRE ALG CDFNT ATTIM AND SHUD DVLP INTO SOLID-BKN
LN ALG AND AHD OF FNT THIS EVE. SHEAR VERY WEAK AND MAIN THREAT IS
HVY RAIN AND MICROBURSTS FM SLOW MVG STRMS.

COOLER AIR TO INFILTRATE OVRNGT WITH DAYTIME MAXES ABT 10 DEG COOLER
THAN TDA. WL ALLW ALL WRNGS AND ADVSYS TO EXPIRE WITH THIS FCST
ISSUANCE. MIDWK WL BE DRY WITH NR NRML TEMPS WITH WRMUP BGNG TWD
WKEND. WL XTND CHC POPS INTO MON IN XTNDD.

.STL...NONE

WDB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 11:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-221800-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1135 AM CDT MON JUL 22 2002

HAZARDS THROUGH TONIGHT...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT OVER ALL OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CITY OF ST LOUIS
FOR TODAY.

HEAT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR A LINE EAST OF
JACKSONVILLE ILLINOIS...50 MILES WEST OF ST LOUIS...TO ROLLA
MISSOURI.

DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RISE INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S.
THESE TEMPERATURES IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL CAUSE
HEAT INDICES TO REACH 100 TO 108 ACROSS THE AREA...DANGEROUS FOR
PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...ESPECIALLY FOR
CHILDREN...ELDERLY PEOPLE...AND THOSE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT RELATED
ILLNESS.

A COLD FRONT SAGGING SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL
PROBABLY TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES INTO THE AREA. SOME OF
THESE COULD BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THE MAIN
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS IS DAMAGING WINDS. THERE
IS JUST A MINOR THREAT FOR 3/4 INCH OR LARGER HAIL.

THE OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY...

HOT WEATHER WILL END AS COOLER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

&&

THIS PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM DAILY...AND WILL BE
UPDATED AS NEEDED.  FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ON A PARTICULAR
HAZARD...MAKE SURE TO REFER TO THE ZONE FORECASTS AND THE ACTUAL
WATCH...WARNING OR ADVISORY PRODUCT.

BECHTOLD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX27 min
Jul 22, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX65 min
Jul 22, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX52 min
Jul 22, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX33 min
Jul 22, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX43 min
Jul 22, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX45 min
Jul 22, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX41 min
Jul 22, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX29 min

Nearby

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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.