Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2005, 11:16 PM CDT for Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, 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
- May 19, 2005, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2005, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2826 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLSX 200419 SVRLSX MOC189-510-200500- /O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0101.050520T0416Z-050520T0500Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1116 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT * AT 1112 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF BRIDGETON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST. CHARLES...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ALSO...ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LAKE ST. LOUIS... MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FLORISSANT HAZELWOOD BERKELEY FERGUSON DELLWOOD COOL VALLEY KINLOCH JENNINGS BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS NORTHWOODS OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED ARE CHESTERFIELD...CLARKSON VALLEY...MANCHESTER AND CREVE COEUR. 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 3888 9030 3859 9068 3844 9031 3880 9015 $$ BYRD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 200442 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1138 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 MOC189-510-200500- /O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-050520T0500Z/ ST. LOUIS CITY MO-ST. LOUIS MO- 1138 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR ST. LOUIS COUNTY AND ST. LOUIS CITY... AT 1137 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL OVER KIRKWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...WARSON WOODS...WEBSTER GROVES...SHREWSBERRY...RICHMOND HEIGHTS AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS. AT 1130 PM...PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC AT HALL STREET AND BROADWAY IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS. LAT...LON 3885 9028 3862 9068 3844 9031 3880 9015 $$ BYRD
000 WWUS53 KLSX 200458 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1157 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 MOC189-510-200507- /O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-050520T0500Z/ ST. LOUIS CITY MO-ST. LOUIS MO- 1157 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ST. LOUIS COUNTY AND ST. LOUIS CITY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. LAT...LON 3885 9028 3862 9068 3844 9031 3880 9015 $$ BYRD
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren | 50 min |
| May 20, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.