Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2003, 5:01 PM CDT for Saint Charles County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 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 10, 2003, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2003, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Saint Charles County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 249 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1451 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
665
WUUS53 KLSX 102201
SVRLSX
MOC183-102245-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
501 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 501 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES WEST OF NEW MELLE...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW MELLE
WENTZVILLE
LAKE ST. LOUIS
DARDENNE PRAIRIE
OFALLON
WELDON SPRING
COTTLEVILLE
HARVESTER
ST. PETERS
ST. CHARLES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
LAT...LON 3885 9097 3862 9097 3855 9094 3861 9077
3886 9042
$$
CARNEYWhat 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 10, 2:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 200 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003 ETA AND AVN MODLS INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MAINLY IN THE CENTRAL AND THE SOUTH PORTION OF CWA... CO FLOOD GUD INDICATED 1-2 OF RAIN FOR TNGT. SGF HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTION OF MISSOURI CLOUSE TO OUR AREA...SO WILL ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FAM AREA TNGT. OTHERWISE A WET FCST ON TAP FOR OUR CWA. TONIGHT MOST OF THE RAIN WILL STAY CNTRL AND SOUTH. CONTINUE WITH GOOD CHC FOR WED AND WED NIGHT. THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT JUST A CHC WILL DO FOR US...A WEAK UPPPER TROF ALONG WITH SFC FRNT WILL PRODUCE RAIN MAIN IN THE SOUTH PORTION OF MO. THE CHC WILL CONTINUE FRI THRU SUN. TEMPS FCST WILL BE CLOUSE TO NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR... MEX LOOK OK. .STL...A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN ONE THIRD OF OUT CWA TNGT. CITIES IN THIS WATCH ARE...FARMINTON...PATOSI...STE GENEVIEVE...CUBA...ELLINGTON....LATTY...STEELVILLE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 5:40 AM CDT, 11 hours 21 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>075-084-085-099-111200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 540 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THESE STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN BY LATE MORNING...BUT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM ST THOMAS MISSOURI EAST TO NASHVILLE ILLINOIS. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CUBA...ELLINGTON...FARMINGTON AND SPARTA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE REGION THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT... HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/LSX (ALL LOWER CASE) GKS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 10, 4:32 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
432 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0355 PM META MO 1.50 INCH HAIL
06/10/03 OSAGE REPORTED BY SEVERE
WEATHER SPOTTERS.
0420 PM META MO WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03 OSAGE SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE
BRANCHES DOWNED.
REPORTED BY OSAGE COUNTY
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.Local storm report, Jun 10, 4:49 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
449 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0440 PM CUBA MO WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03 CRAWFORD NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT.Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
500 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0455 PM CUBA MO WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03 CRAWFORD SEVERAL LARGE SIGNS AND
TREE LIMBS DOWNED.
REPORTED BY SEVERE
WEATHER SPOTTERS.The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole, Osage | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery, Osage | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Warren | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Francois | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 6:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren, City of Saint Louis | 4 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003
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.