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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 21, 2005Franklin County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 2005, 11:37 PM CDT for Franklin County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 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, 11:37 PM CDT (04:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2005, 12:18 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 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, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 281 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 205 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 220437
SVRLSX
MOC071-220515-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0065.050422T0437Z-050422T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1137 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  WEST OF WASHINGTON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW HAVEN...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VILLA RIDGE
  GRAY SUMMIT
  PACIFIC

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 3858 9121 3830 9138 3826 9077 3857 9075
      3855 9094

$$

GLASS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 220501
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1201 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

MOC071-220515-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-050422T0515Z/
FRANKLIN MO-
1201 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR 
FRANKLIN COUNTY...

AT 1157 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH OVER VILLA RIDGE...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
UNION...WASHINGTON...MOSELLE...VILLA RIDGE...GRAY SUMMIT...
CATAWISSA...ROBERTSVILLE AND PACIFIC.

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 3858 9121 3830 9138 3826 9077 3857 9075
      3855 9094

$$

GLASS

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 220518
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1217 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

MOC071-220527-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-050422T0515Z/
FRANKLIN MO-
1217 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

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

LAT...LON 3858 9121 3830 9138 3826 9077 3857 9075
      3855 9094

$$

GLASS

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, 10 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 1:15 PM CDT, 10 hours 22 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, 10:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1015 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-
1015 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT

A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL...
EAST CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME
SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.  A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUES ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ROLL OUT OF CENTRAL MISSOURI ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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...

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

CARNEY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 21, 9:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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

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

0940 PM     HAIL             FULTON                  38.85N 91.95W
04/21/2005  1.00 INCH        CALLAWAY           MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL STARTED 30 MINUTES AGO AS DIME SIZE HAIL.

&&

BYRD

Local storm report, Apr 21, 10:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1024 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

1020 PM     HAIL             3 N HOLTS SUMMIT        38.69N 92.12W
04/21/2005  1.00 INCH        CALLAWAY           MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

1020 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COLUMBIA                38.95N 92.33W
04/21/2005                   BOONE              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER LINES DOWN IN COLUMBIA...WIND GUST MEASURED BY KMIZ
            IN COLUMBIA AT 50MPH.

&&

CARNEY

Local storm report, Apr 21, 10:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1028 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

1015 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COLUMBIA                38.95N 92.33W
04/21/2005                   BOONE              MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            2-5 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS. POWER
            OUTAGES CONFIRMED AT THE MU CAMPUS.

&&

CARNEY

Local storm report, Apr 21, 10:39 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1039 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

1015 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FULTON                  38.85N 91.95W
04/21/2005                   CALLAWAY           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN BY CALLAWAY COUNTY SHERIFF
            DEPARTMENT.

1035 PM     HAIL             ST. MARTINS             38.60N 92.33W
04/21/2005  1.00 INCH        COLE               MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1035 PM     HAIL             3 W JEFFERSON CITY      38.57N 92.25W
04/21/2005  1.00 INCH        COLE               MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CARNEY

Local storm report, Apr 21, 10:55 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1055 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

1052 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW BLOOMFIELD          38.72N 92.09W
04/21/2005                   CALLAWAY           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES DOWN IN NEW BLOOMFIELD

&&

CARNEY

Local storm report, Apr 21, 11:10 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1110 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

1045 PM     HAIL             1 E JEFFERSON CITY      38.57N 92.17W
04/21/2005  0.88 INCH        COLE               MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

1045 PM     HAIL             JEFFERSON CITY          38.57N 92.19W
04/21/2005  0.75 INCH        COLE               MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1105 PM     HAIL             NEW FLORENCE            38.91N 91.45W
04/21/2005  0.75 INCH        MONTGOMERY         MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CARNEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 21, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Gasconade	43 min
Apr 21, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Boone	53 min
Apr 21, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles	39 min
Apr 21, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Osage	45 min
Apr 21, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	52 min
Apr 21, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Cole	32 min
Apr 21, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Francois	52 min
Apr 21, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Osage	45 min
Apr 21, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Gasconade	41 min
Apr 21, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	31 min
Apr 21, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Boone, Callaway	58 min
Apr 21, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Boone, Callaway	65 min
Apr 21, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Cole, Moniteau	55 min
Apr 21, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	40 min
Apr 21, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Warren	36 min
Apr 21, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Osage	43 min
Apr 21, 11:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Washington	6 hr
Apr 21, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles, Warren	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.