Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2005, 1:25 PM CDT for Franklin County, Jefferson County, Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2005, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2005, 2:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Franklin County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | House Springs, MO | 12 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 292 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
- 149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1395 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 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 041827 SVRLSX MOC071-099-221-041915- /O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0176.050704T1825Z-050704T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 125 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHWOODS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF ST. CLAIR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A SECOND SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANTHONIES MILL...AND IT WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LONEDELL DITTMER CEDAR HILL BYRNES MILL HOUSE SPRINGS HIGH RIDGE RICHWOODS 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 3820 9108 3789 9111 3847 9046 3845 9089 $$ TRUETT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLSX 041904 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 204 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 MOC071-099-221-041914- /O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0176.000000T0000Z-050704T1915Z/ WASHINGTON MO-JEFFERSON MO-FRANKLIN MO- 204 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN... NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THESE AREAS. LAT...LON 3820 9108 3789 9111 3847 9046 3845 9089 $$ TRUETT
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 4, 11:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 11:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1150 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 .DISCUSSION... JUST ISSUED UPDATE FOR AFTN HRS. BLV BEST BEST FOR STG/POTENTIALLY SVR CNVTN THIS AFTN WL BE ALG-E OF OUTFLO BNDRY NOW PASSING THRU STL METRO AREA...WITH CAPES INCRG TO 1500-2500J/KG DURG AFTN ALG WITH INCRG MID LVL WNDS. CANT PRECLUDE REDVLPMT FURTHER W BUT CERTAINLY FEEL BEST THRT WL BE IN GRTST INSTABILITY IN AFOREMENTIONED AREA...SO HV LWRD POPS SM OVR CNTRL MO. ALSO ADJ TEMPS A BIT...MNLY IN NW COUNTIES WHERE CLDS/SMWHAT PERSISTENT RAIN WL MAKE TEMPS STRUGGLE. && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE IL...NONE && TRUETT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 6:28 AM CDT, 6 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 628 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-051100- ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-CLINTON IL- COLE-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL-IRON-JEFFERSON- JERSEY IL-KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON-MADISON IL-MARION- MARION IL-MONITEAU-MONROE-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY-MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE- PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-SHELBY-ST CHARLES- ST CLAIR IL-ST FRANCOIS-ST LOUIS-ST LOUIS CITY-STE GENEVIEVE-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IL- 628 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE HUMID AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE WILL BE A LINGERING CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. GKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.