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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 21, 2005Washington County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 2005, 6:41 PM CDT for Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 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: Apr 21, 2005, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2005, 7:31 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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
Apr 21, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 296 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: 780 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 212344
SVRLSX
MOC221-220030-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0043.050421T2341Z-050422T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
641 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OLD
  MINES...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF POTOSI...AND MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MINERAL POINT
  CADET
  IRONDALE

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. 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 3807 9084 3789 9084 3787 9065 3806 9066
      3816 9074

$$

BRITT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 220011
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
710 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

MOC221-220030-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-050422T0030Z/
WASHINGTON MO-
710 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR 
EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL
OVER MINERAL POINT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
POTOSI...MINERAL POINT AND CADET.

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 3806 9092 3786 9097 3787 9065 3807 9066
      3816 9074

$$

CARNEY

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 220031
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
731 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

MOC221-220041-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-050422T0030Z/
WASHINGTON MO-
731 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

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

LAT...LON 3806 9092 3786 9097 3787 9065 3807 9066
      3816 9074

$$
CARNEY

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 Apr 21, 1:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 1:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
115 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

.DISCUSSION...
MCV AND ASSOCIATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO ROLL ACROSS
NORTHERN MISSOURI AT THIS TIME. ELEVATED CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE
TO INTENSIFY ACROSS NORTH PORTION OF AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON.
SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY IS GREATEST ON LAPS ACROSS SOUTHERN
PORTION OF FORECAST AREA. WW HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF THE AREA.

FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM THE MID ATLANTIC STATES ACROSS
NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND ACROSS MISSOURI NEAR A STL-MCI LINE INTO A LOW
OVER NEBRASKA. SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST
OF THE AREA BY FRIDAY NOON AND DEEPEN IN RESPONSE TO STRONG UPPER
TROF. NAM FORECASTS A SIGNIFICANT SURFACE PRESSURE FALL/RISE CENTER
TO AFFECT AREA ON FRIDAY. AS A RESULT, EXPECT GUSTY WINDS CLOSE TO
35 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO
THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. LARGE CANADIAN HIGH WILL THEN BUILD INTO
THE MIDWEST AND DOMINATE OUR WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND.

BROAD H5 CLOSED LOW OVER THE WESTERN U.S. THIS MORNING WILL SPIN
INTO KANSAS BY THIS EVENING. MODELS ARE SIMILAR IN TRACKING SYSTEM
EASTWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY FRIDAY EVENING WITH A 120-140 METER
HEIGHT FALL CENTER. SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO REDEVELOP OVER THE UPPER
MIDWEST EARLY SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL DIG INTO THE EASTERN STATES
BY EARLY SUNDAY. MUCH COOLER AIR WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH 850 TEMPS OF -6C FORECAST INTO CENTRAL
MISSOURI BY SATURDAY MORNING.

IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD, THE 00Z/21 RUNS OF THE GFS AND EUROPEAN ARE
VERY SIMILAR WITH CLOSED H5 LOW OVER WESTERN NEW YORK STATE SUNDAY
EVENING. THE EUROPEAN DIGS A SHARPER TROF DOWN INTO THE STATE BY
TUESDAY EVENING THAN THE GFS.

&&

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

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 21, 2:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
205 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-221100-
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-
205 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WILL LIFT NORTH DURING THE EVENING. A LOW
PRESSURE CENTER NOW OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO NORTHEAST
KANSAS WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE FRONT PULLING VERY UNSTABLE AND VERY
MOIST AIR NORTH INTO THE AREA.

WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW
SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM.  VERY LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY
DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES.

KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA. REVIEW WHAT
YOU WOULD DO IN CASE OF SEVERE WEATHER AHEAD OF TIME AND THEN LISTEN
TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE
WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION.

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS
ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 700 PM
THIS EVENING AND ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY THROUGH
THE NIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD BE IN FORCE NOW.

SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION. RELAY YOUR REPORTS
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

PEDIGO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 21, 5:56 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
556 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

0525 PM     HAIL             15 SW CHAMOIS           38.52N 91.97W
04/21/2005  0.75 INCH        OSAGE              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            AT HWY 100 AND HWY C.

&&

BYRD

Local storm report, Apr 21, 6:00 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
600 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

0530 PM     HAIL             GERALD                  38.40N 91.33W
04/21/2005  0.75 INCH        FRANKLIN           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0540 PM     HAIL             4 W CUBA                38.06N 91.47W
04/21/2005  0.88 INCH        CRAWFORD           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0545 PM     HAIL             CUBA                    38.06N 91.40W
04/21/2005  0.75 INCH        CRAWFORD           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BYRD

Local storm report, Apr 21, 6:05 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
605 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

0601 PM     HAIL             1 SE LINN               38.47N 91.83W
04/21/2005  1.75 INCH        OSAGE              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BYRD

Local storm report, Apr 21, 6:09 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
609 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

0605 PM     HAIL             2 N POTOSI              37.96N 90.78W
04/21/2005  0.75 INCH        WASHINGTON         MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BYRD

Local storm report, Apr 21, 6:17 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
617 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

0605 PM     HAIL             1 N POTOSI              37.95N 90.78W
04/21/2005  0.75 INCH        WASHINGTON         MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BYRD

Local storm report, Apr 21, 6:31 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
631 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

0605 PM     HAIL             3 SE RICHWOODS          38.14N 90.79W
04/21/2005  0.88 INCH        WASHINGTON         MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL FELL FOR 10 MINUTES FROM 605 PM TO 615 PM.

&&

BYRD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 20, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	54 min
Apr 20, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Franklin	51 min
Apr 20, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford	49 min
Apr 21, 3:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis	42 min
Apr 21, 4:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Crawford	5 hr
Apr 21, 5:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Jefferson	4 hr
Apr 21, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Cole, Moniteau	42 min
Apr 21, 3:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Moniteau	41 min
Apr 21, 4:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Boone	32 min
Apr 21, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Callaway	50 min
Apr 21, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Boone	17 min
Apr 21, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Gasconade	42 min
Apr 21, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Iron	55 min
Apr 21, 4:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Osage	46 min
Apr 21, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin	45 min
Apr 21, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford	58 min
Apr 21, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Gasconade	30 min
Apr 21, 5:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Osage	49 min
Apr 21, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	50 min
Apr 21, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin	50 min
Apr 21, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson	42 min
Apr 21, 6:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Washington	5 hr
Apr 21, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	54 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.