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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS St. Louis, MO

December 18, 2002

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 18, 2002, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 45 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
Dec 18, 2002, 1:00 PM CST (19:00 UTC)
Expired
Dec 18, 2002, 1:45 PM CST
In force
45 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 Dec 18, 6:43 AM CST, 6 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 6:43 AM CST, 6 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
500 AM CST WED DEC 18 2002

NUMEROUS SHRA AND TSRA CONT TO DVLP OVR CNTRL AND NERN MO AHD OF STG
SHRTWV TROF MOVG NEWD THRU ERN KS.  TSRA ACRS SWRN MO APR TO HAVE
WKND SOME AND HAVE BCM LESS NUMEROUS.  FOCUS FOR NEW TSRA DVLPNT
THIS MRNG MAY BE ACRS NERN MO W CNTRL IL AS LATEST RUC SHOWS STGST
850 MB MOISTURE CNVG AND THETA E ADVCTN ON NOSE OF STG 50 KT SWLY
LLJ IN THIS AREA.  POTENTIAL FOR SHRA AND TSRA SHOULD SLOWLY SHIFT
EWD BY THIS AFTN AND EVNG AS LLJ AND ASSOCIATED TEMP AND THETA E
ADVCTN TRANSLATES EWD INTO IL WITH DRIER 850 MB DWPTS PUSHING INTO
THE NRN AND WRN PTNS OF THE CWA.  ETA MDL CONTS TO INDICATE
RELATIVELY STG UPR DIVERGENCE S AND E OF STL TGT AND WILL PUT
HIGHEST POPS OVR ERN AND SRN PTNS OF THE CWA TGT.  DIFFICULT TO FIND
SFC CDFNT IN SFC WND FIELD WITH ONLY A GRADUAL VEERING OF THE WNDS.
BASED ON ETA SFC DWPT ANALYS IT APRS THE CDFNT WILL PUSH SEWD THRU
STL DURG THE EVNG HOURS AND SHOULD BE SE OF THE ENTR CWA ARND 12Z
THU WITH SFC DWPTS DROPPING INTO THE 30S OVR THE NRN AND WRN PTNS OF
THE  CWA...ALTHOUGH COLDER AIR LAGGING WELL BHND THE CDFNT ON THE
ETA MDL.  TIME SECTIONS ON THE MDLS SHOW GOOD DRYING OF THE LOW-MID
LVL MOISTURE LTR TGT AND EARLY THU.  MAV AND FWC MOS GUIDANCE MAY
HAVE TOO MUCH CLOUD CVR ON THU AND WILL LEAN TOWARD MET
GUIDANCE...ALTHOUGH NOT AS WRM AS ITS HI TEMPS.

.STL...NONE

GKS
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 8:15 AM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
815 AM CST WED DEC 18 2002

THIS OUTLOOK COVERS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO THIS
EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST
ILLINOIS.  THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE
EXTENDING FROM JEFFERSON CITY EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH ALTON
ILLINOIS.  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ST LOUIS...CUBA...
FARMINGTON... ANNAPOLIS...FREDERICKTOWN...BELLEVILLE...AND CHESTER.
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE IN THIS AREA CONTAINING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REST OF
THE OUTLOOK AREA FOR TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.  SOME CITIES IN THE
SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDE COLUMBIA...HANNIBAL AND QUINCY.
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE IN THIS AREA AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY SEVERE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TODAY INTO
THIS EVENING IN THE UNSEASONABLY WARM AND HUMID ENVIRONMENT OVER THE
BI-STATE REGION AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION ABOUT POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

GKS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 18, 8:48 AM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
848 AM CST WED DEC 18 2002

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

0230 AM    5NW JEFFERSON CITY        MO   0.75 INCH HAIL
12/18/02   COLE                           REPORTED BY SEVERE
                                          WEATHER SPOTTERS.
Local storm report, Dec 18, 10:43 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1043 AM CST WED DEC 18 2002

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

1010 AM    5SW EDWARDSVILLE          IL   1.00 INCH HAIL
12/18/02   MADISON                        REPORTED BY SEVERE
                                          WEATHER SPOTTER AT
                                          INTERSECTION OF
                                          INTERSTATE 270 AND
                                          HIGHWAY 111.
Local storm report, Dec 18, 11:36 AM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1136 AM CST WED DEC 18 2002

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

1110 AM    7N LA BELLE               MO   WIND DAMAGE
12/18/02   LEWIS                          PUBLIC REPORTED TREES
                                          DOWNED NEAR THE
                                          INTERSECTION OF HIGWAYS K
                                          AND Y.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 9:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX43 min
Dec 17, 9:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX46 min
Dec 17, 10:33 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXPike42 min
Dec 17, 10:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX48 min
Dec 17, 11:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX48 min
Dec 17, 11:22 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXLincoln23 min
Dec 17, 11:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX43 min
Dec 17, 11:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX30 min
Dec 18, 12:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX23 min
Dec 18, 12:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX37 min
Dec 18, 1:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX32 min
Dec 18, 1:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX29 min
Dec 18, 2:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX27 min
Dec 18, 2:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX35 min
Dec 18, 2:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX29 min
Dec 18, 2:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX25 min
Dec 18, 3:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX24 min
Dec 18, 3:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX42 min
Dec 18, 3:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX48 min
Dec 18, 10:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX27 min
Dec 18, 10:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX50 min
Dec 18, 11:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX23 min
Dec 18, 11:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis6 hr
Dec 18, 1:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX48 min
Dec 18, 2:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX44 min
Dec 18, 2:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX43 min
Dec 18, 3:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX45 min
Dec 18, 3:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX44 min
Dec 18, 3:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX45 min
Dec 18, 3:49 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXPike26 min
Dec 18, 3:54 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXPike21 min
Dec 18, 4:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX22 min
Dec 18, 4:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX35 min
Dec 18, 4:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSX45 min
Dec 18, 4:34 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade26 min
Dec 18, 4:39 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade21 min
Dec 17, 11:50 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXGreene40 min
Dec 18, 4:47 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXGreene28 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.