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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 305, NWS St. Louis, MO

November 5, 2005Saint Charles County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 2005, 8:37 PM CST for Saint Charles County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 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: Nov 5, 2005, 8:37 PM CST (02:37 UTC)
Expired: Nov 5, 2005, 9:15 PM CST
In force: 38 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), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 5, 8:40 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	5 N O'Fallon, MO

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
Nov 5, 3:50 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 238 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 659 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 1.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 060237
SVRLSX
MOC183-060315-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0305.051106T0237Z-051106T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
837 PM CST SAT NOV 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 915 PM CST

* AT 834 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  NEW MELLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WRIGHT CITY...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKE ST. LOUIS
  DARDENNE PRAIRIE
  ST. PAUL
  OFALLON
  COTTLEVILLE
  ST. PETERS

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3886 9096 3866 9097 3856 9096 3875 9049
      3888 9041 3887 9061 3894 9069

$$

GKS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 060256
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
855 PM CST SAT NOV 5 2005

MOC183-060315-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0305.000000T0000Z-051106T0315Z/
ST. CHARLES MO-
855 PM CST SAT NOV 5 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CST
FOR ST. CHARLES COUNTY...

AT 854 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE ST. LOUIS...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
ST. PAUL...OFALLON...COTTLEVILLE...WELDON SPRING...ST. PETERS...
KAMPVILLE...ST. CHARLES AND HARVESTER.

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.

TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

LAT...LON 3886 9096 3866 9097 3856 9096 3875 9049
      3888 9041 3887 9061 3894 9069

$$

GKS

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 060314
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
914 PM CST SAT NOV 5 2005

MOC183-060324-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0305.000000T0000Z-051106T0315Z/
ST. CHARLES MO-
914 PM CST SAT NOV 5 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ST. CHARLES COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY AND NO 
LONGER APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH 
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.

LAT...LON 3886 9096 3866 9097 3856 9096 3875 9049
      3888 9041 3887 9061 3894 9069

$$

GKS

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 Nov 5, 2:52 PM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 2:52 PM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
252 PM CST SAT NOV 5 2005

.DISCUSSION...

MAIN FORECAST EMPHASIS HAS BEEN ON THE FIRST PERIOD...SECONDARILY
ON THE FROPA NEXT WEEK.

CURRENT OBS SHOW THAT THE SFC FRONT IS STRUNG OUT FROM JUST SOUTH
OF KMKC OVER TO KIRK AND THEN INTO NORTHWEST IL. THIS LEAVES US IN
THE WARM SECTOR AWAITING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. THE TIMING ON
THIS CONVECTION IS ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS. SAW SOME STORMS FIRE
EARLIER TODAY IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF OUR AREA. THAT
WAS ELEVATED ACTIVITY DUE TO A LEAD IMPULSE BEFORE THE MAIN UPPER
SHORTWAVE. THIS MOVED NORTH...AND HAS REMAINED NORTH OF THE AREA
CLOSER TO THE WARM FRONT. THERE HAS BEEN SOME CLEARING IN
SOUTHWEST MO WITH CU DEVELOPMENT ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF CWA. COLD
FRONT IS STILL NOT MOVING AND MAIN SHORTWAVE WELL TO OUR
WEST...WITH A BIG CAP OFF 18Z SGF SOUNDING. AM EXPECTING
CONVECTION TO HOLD OFF A BIT BEFORE FIRING...MAY BE AN EARLY
THROUGH LATE EVENING SHOW. SHOULD SEE LI/S AROUND -3 WITH NEARLY
1500 J/KG OF CAPE...WITH THE BULK SHEAR MORE IMPRESSIVE. SO WILL
SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE UNTIL WE CAN GET THE COLD FRONT
THROUGH. ONCE IT MOVES...IT GOES FAIRLY QUICKLY AND WE HAVE A DRY
FORECAST FOR SUNDAY.

AS THE LOW MOVES OFF WE SEE RETURN FLOW RIGHT AWAY...WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES ROCKETING INTO THE 70S MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE UPPER
LEVELS MAINTAIN ZONAL FLOW UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...WHILE AN
UPPER LEVEL LOW TRIES TO EJECT FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. FOR MUCH
OF THE WEEK IT COMES OUT IN PIECES. STILL EXPECTING THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE ON WEDNESDAY. HAVE KEPT LOW CHANCE POPS DUE TO WEAK
MOISTURE RETURN...AND TIMING OF THE WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVES.
THE 06Z GFS SHOWED ANOTHER BOUNDARY MOVING THROUGH ON
THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH THE 12Z DID NOT WITH JUST A SURFACE HIGH
COASTING THROUGH. LEANING TOWARDS THE 12Z FOR NOW. ALTHOUGH THE
12Z GFS ALSO TRIES TO CUT OFF THE SOUTHWEST UPPER LOW ON ITS
JOURNEY NORTHEAST AND ENDS UP WITH A STRETCHED OUT VORT ACROSS THE
PLAINS. HAVE NOT INCLUDED POPS FOR THURSDAY QUITE YET...WILL NEED
TO MONITOR WHAT HAPPENS ALOFT. TEMPS AFTER FROPA WILL BE CLOSER TO
OR JUST ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 5, 6:11 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
611 PM CST SAT NOV 5 2005

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-061200-
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-
611 PM CST SAT NOV 5 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL CONTINUES THROUGH THE EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI AND ARE MOVING
NORTHEAST.  THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING ONE INCH OR LARGER HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS EVENING.  THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO MERGE INTO A SQUALL LINE WHICH WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST THROUGH
EASTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT UNTIL THE STORMS EXIT THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING...SO SPOTTERS GROUPS SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY.

CARNEY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 5, 7:22 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
722 PM CST SAT NOV 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0720 PM     HAIL             COLUMBIA                38.95N 92.33W
11/05/2005  1.75 INCH        BOONE              MO   PUBLIC

&&

TRUETT

Local storm report, Nov 5, 7:40 PM CST, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
740 PM CST SAT NOV 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0720 PM     HAIL             COLUMBIA                38.95N 92.33W
11/05/2005  0.75 INCH        BOONE              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ON NORTHEAST SIDE OF COLUMBIA.

&&

TRUETT

Local storm report, Nov 5, 7:58 PM CST, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
758 PM CST SAT NOV 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0750 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     BLAND                   38.30N 91.63W
11/05/2005                   GASCONADE          MO   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

TRUETT

Local storm report, Nov 5, 8:03 PM CST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
803 PM CST SAT NOV 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PITTSFIELD              39.61N 90.81W
11/05/2005                   PIKE               IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STREETS SIGNS AND STORE AWNINGS BLOWN DOWN.

&&

TRUETT

Local storm report, Nov 5, 8:07 PM CST, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
807 PM CST SAT NOV 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0750 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PITTSFIELD              39.61N 90.81W
11/05/2005                   PIKE               IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STREETS SIGNS AND STORE AWNINGS BLOWN DOWN.

&&

TRUETT

Local storm report, Nov 5, 8:35 PM CST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
835 PM CST SAT NOV 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0815 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GASCONADE               38.67N 91.56W
11/05/2005                   GASCONADE          MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES REPORTED DOWN.

&&

TRUETT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 5, 6:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Callaway	43 min
Nov 5, 6:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain, Boone	46 min
Nov 5, 6:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Ralls	43 min
Nov 5, 6:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion, Shelby	43 min
Nov 5, 6:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Cole	40 min
Nov 5, 6:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	45 min
Nov 5, 7:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Osage	38 min
Nov 5, 7:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	45 min
Nov 5, 7:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain, Boone	20 min
Nov 5, 7:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln, Pike	45 min
Nov 5, 7:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Gasconade	44 min
Nov 5, 7:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Lincoln	38 min
Nov 5, 7:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Warren	62 min
Nov 5, 8:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	45 min
Nov 5, 9:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford	44 min
Nov 5, 9:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Gasconade, Osage	29 min
Nov 5, 9:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Washington	43 min
Nov 5, 9:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Warren	28 min
Nov 5, 9:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis	65 min
Nov 5, 9:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	City of Saint Louis	28 min
Nov 5, 9:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln	38 min
Nov 5, 10:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Francois, Washington	41 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.