Alert archive / Missouri / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 20, 2008, 4:31 PM CST for 23 counties in Missouri; 14 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 20, 2008, 9:58 PM CST. It was in force for 42 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2008, 4:31 PM CST (22:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2008, 9:58 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2008, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 42 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
All 37 counties
Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 3:26 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Viburnum, MO | AMBULANCE PERSONNEL REPORTED ICE COVERED ROADS WITH 1/4 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 21, 5:30 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | 2 Wsw Cottleville, MO | |
| Feb 21, 6:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Arcadia, MO | THIN LAYER OF ICE AND SLEET ON THE GROUND AND TREES |
| Feb 21, 6:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | 4 Se Belleview, MO | SLEET CONTINUES |
| Feb 21, 6:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | Weldon Spring, MO | |
| Feb 21, 6:39 AM CST | SLEET 0.3 | Columbia, MO | PRIMARILY SLEET ACCUMULATION, THERE WAS SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW EARLIER. |
| Feb 21, 6:39 AM CST | SLEET 0.3 | Steelville, MO | SLEET CONTINUES |
| Feb 21, 6:42 AM CST | SLEET 0.3 | S Columbia, MO | ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND THE REGIONAL AIRPORT |
| Feb 21, 6:42 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Old Monroe, MO | |
| Feb 21, 6:45 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Ballwin, MO | LIGHT GLAZE |
| Feb 21, 6:45 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Fosterburg, IL | MIXTURE OR SNOW AND SLEET, ROADS BECOMING SLICK. |
| Feb 21, 6:48 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Belleville, IL | MIXTURE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. ICE ACCUMULATION T, SLEET ACCUMULATION 0.10 |
| Feb 21, 6:57 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | Rosebud, MO | BEGAN AS FREEZING RAIN EARLIER THIS MORNING |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | SLEET 0 | St. Libory, IL | SLEET COVERING THE GROUND. |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Fredericktown, MO | |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Harvester, MO | SLEET AND SNOW. |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | Jefferson City, MO | |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.1 | University City, MO | MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET |
| Feb 21, 7:19 AM CST | SLEET 0 | Washington, MO | SLEET COVERING THE GROUND. |
| Feb 21, 7:42 AM CST | SLEET 0.1 | St. Peters, MO | IN ADDITION TO SLEET AND SNOW, THERE IS A LIGHT GLAZING ON ALL SURFACES FROM LIGHT FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE. |
| Feb 21, 7:45 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Fenton, MO | TRACE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE, COVERING ALL SURFACES. |
| Feb 21, 7:54 AM CST | SLEET 0 | Bethalto, IL | TRACE OF SLEET AND SNOW COVERING THE GROUND. |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.1 | 7 Ssw St. Charles, MO | |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | Washington, MO | STRARTED AS FREEZING RAIN, ALL SLEET NOW. 0.1 ICE, 0.1 SLEET. |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.3 | Linn, MO | HEAVY AT TIMES. |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Jerseyville, IL | TRACE, FLURRIES. |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.1 | 1 N Elsberry, MO | LIGHT SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES. |
| Feb 21, 8:25 AM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Farmington, MO | PRIMARILY SLEET NOW, STARTED AS FREEZING RAIN/FREEZING DRIZZLE. |
| Feb 21, 8:50 AM CST | SLEET 0.8 | Lebanon, IL | SLEET AND SNOW. |
| Feb 21, 9:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | 3 N Union, MO | |
| Feb 21, 9:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | N Wellsville, MO | COMBINATION OF SLEET AND SNOW TOTALING TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. |
| Feb 21, 9:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | 1 Sw Maeystown, IL | |
| Feb 21, 9:10 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | St. Peters, MO | MIXTURE OF PRIMARILY SLEET WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF SNOW. |
| Feb 21, 9:10 AM CST | SLEET 0.4 | Rich Fountain, MO | COMBINATION OF SLEET AND SNOW. |
| Feb 21, 9:25 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Middletown, MO | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CURRENTLY FALLING WITH A TRACE OF SNOW AND SLEET ON THE GROUND FROM EARLIER. |
| Feb 21, 9:25 AM CST | SLEET 0 | Mount Olive, IL | FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET JUST BEGINNING WITH ONLY A TRACE OF SLEET AND GLAZE SO FAR. |
| Feb 21, 9:25 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | Fulton, MO | COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SLEET. |
| Feb 21, 9:25 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | 6 Se New Haven, MO | |
| Feb 21, 9:25 AM CST | SLEET 0.3 | Elsah, IL | COMBINATION OF SNOW, SLEET, AND ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 21, 9:30 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Schubert, MO | FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CURRENTLY FALLING WITH A HALF INCH ON THE GROUND. |
| Feb 21, 9:40 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | 6 S Columbia, MO | QUARTER INCH OF SLEET WITH A COMBINATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Feb 21, 9:45 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | 4 S Columbia, MO | CURRENTLY SLEETING AT THE TIME OF REPORT. |
| Feb 21, 9:45 AM CST | SLEET 0.44 | 4 Wsw Steelville, MO | COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SLEET ... CURRENTLY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WITH A TRANSITIONING MORE TO FREEZING RAIN. |
| Feb 21, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.2 | De Soto, MO | |
| Feb 21, 10:15 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Hazelwood, MO | MODERATE SLEET CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Feb 21, 10:40 AM CST | SLEET 1 | 1 S Warrenton, MO | HEAVY SLEET CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Feb 21, 10:45 AM CST | SLEET 0.6 | New Haven, MO | MODERATE TO HEAVY SLEET FALLING AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Feb 21, 10:50 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | N Wellsville, MO | COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SLEET ON THE GROUND. |
| Feb 21, 10:50 AM CST | SLEET 0.75 | 3 Ese Eugene, MO | SLEET CURRENTLY FALLING AT THE TIME OF REPORT. |
| Feb 21, 10:50 AM CST | SLEET 0.9 | Belgrade, MO | SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS. |
| Feb 21, 10:55 AM CST | SLEET 0.1 | 2 S Smithton, IL | COMBINATION OF SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. |
| Feb 21, 11:05 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | W Potosi, MO | ESTIMATED 1/8 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 21, 11:15 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Union, MO | CURRENTLY LIGHT SLEET FALLING. |
| Feb 21, 11:25 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Farmington, MO | |
| Feb 21, 11:30 AM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Bowling Green, MO | |
| Feb 21, 11:35 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | Bowling Green, MO | SNOW AND SLEET CURRENTLY FALLING AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Feb 21, 11:35 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Mexico, MO | GLAZE OF ICE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. |
| Feb 21, 11:40 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | 5 Sw Steelville, MO | LIGHT SLEET FALLING CURRENTLY ... LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. |
| Feb 21, 12:10 PM CST | SLEET 0.2 | 5 W Breese, IL | LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN FALLING AT PRESENT. |
| Feb 21, 12:25 PM CST | SLEET 0.2 | Cadet, MO | SLEETING CURRENTLY WITH INTERMITTANT HEAVY BURSTS OF FREEZING RAIN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 687 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 94 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KLSX 202231 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 431 PM CST WED FEB 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT AREA BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE MOIST AND RELATIVELY WARM AIR FROM GULF OF MEXICO TO MOVE OVER THE ARCTIC COLD AIR THAT IS ENTRENCHED AT THE LOWEST LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. A BROAD SWATH OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH THE WARMER AIR ALOFT CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IN GENERALLY IN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70...WITH SNOW AND SLEET IN AREAS TO THE NORTH. PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE CONTINUOUS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PERIOD...WITH SOME SMALL BREAKS DURING THIS TIME...AS THE STORM ACTUALLY CONSISTS OF TWO DIFFERENT PARTS. THERE IS REASONABLY HIGH CONFIDENCE IN SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BUT THERE STILL REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE ICE...SLEET...AND SNOW AMOUNTS FOR AREAS FURTHER TO THE NORTH OVER NORTHEAST...CENTRAL...AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. DESPITE THE UNCERTAINTY... THERE STILL REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW... SLEET AND ICE FROM THIS STORM WHEN IT EXITS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MOZ072>074-084-085-099-211100- /O.UPG.KLSX.WS.A.0004.080221T0600Z-080223T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLSX.WS.W.0003.080221T0900Z-080223T0000Z/ CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON-ST. FRANCOIS-IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FARMINGTON 431 PM CST WED FEB 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE...WITH SOME SMALL BREAKS... UNTIL IT EXITS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXCEEDING ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...ARE LIKELY WHEN THIS STORM ENDS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY AS WELL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW... SLEET AND/OR ICE IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-098>102-MOZ041-047>052-059>065- 075-211100- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.A.0004.080221T1200Z-080223T0000Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL- MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-BOONE-MONITEAU-COLE-OSAGE- CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN-ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN- ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON-STE. GENEVIEVE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... CHESTER...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...COLUMBIA...JEFFERSON CITY... ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS 431 PM CST WED FEB 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THURSDAY MORNING AS ALL SNOW... BUT THEN BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BY AFTERNOON... AND CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY INTO FRIDAY. BY FRIDAY...AS COLDER AIR WORKS BACK IN...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MOSTLY SNOW AGAIN. BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET... ALONG WITH SMALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ADVANCED NOTICE THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...IT DOES NOT MEAN IT IS A CERTAINTY. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING IN CASE THE STORM DOES MATERIALIZE. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANNED...YOU MAY WANT TO ADJUST YOUR TRAVEL TIME TO AVOID THE STORM. ALSO...YOU SHOULD USE THIS ADVANCED NOTICE TO MAKE CERTAIN YOUR VEHICLE IS WINTERIZED. MAKE PREPARATIONS AT HOME BY STOCKING EMERGENCY SUPPLIES...SUCH AS FOOD...MEDICINE...AND EXTRA HEATING FUEL... JUST IN CASE THE STORM MAKES TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE. THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS. $$ TES
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KLSX 210358 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 958 PM CST WED FEB 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT AREA BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY... .THE INGREDIENTS FOR THE WINTER STORM WHICH WILL AFFECT OUR AREA LATE TONIGHT...THURSDAY...AND FRIDAY ARE RAPIDLY COMING TOGETHER OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. LATEST WEATHER DATA IS SHOWING THAT THE FIRST WAVE OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS OF THURSDAY MORNING...WITH PRECIPITATION SPREADING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY. SIGNIFICANT ICING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS WHILE A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR UP INTO PARTS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-098>102-MOZ041-047>052-059>065- 075-211600- /O.UPG.KLSX.WS.A.0004.080221T1200Z-080223T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KLSX.WS.W.0003.080221T1200Z-080223T0000Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL- MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-BOONE-MONITEAU-COLE-OSAGE- CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN-ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN- ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON-STE. GENEVIEVE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... CHESTER...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...COLUMBIA...JEFFERSON CITY... ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS 958 PM CST WED FEB 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THURSDAY MORNING AS SNOW...BUT QUICKLY BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO ALL SLEET LATER IN THE MORNING. THE SLEET IS EXPECTED TO THEN MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN ON THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY INTO FRIDAY. COLDER AIR WILL THEN FILTER BACK INTO THE REGION ON FRIDAY CHANGING THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BACK TO SNOW. BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...SEVERAL INCHES PRIMARILY SLEET AND SOME SNOW...ALONG WITH ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE...ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW... SLEET AND/OR ICE IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MOZ036-042-211600- /O.EXB.KLSX.WS.W.0003.080221T1200Z-080223T0000Z/ PIKE-AUDRAIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWLING GREEN...MEXICO 958 PM CST WED FEB 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THURSDAY MORNING AS SNOW...BUT QUICKLY BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO ALL SLEET LATER IN THE MORNING. THE SLEET IS EXPECTED TO THEN MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN ON THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY INTO FRIDAY. COLDER AIR WILL THEN FILTER BACK INTO THE REGION ON FRIDAY CHANGING THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BACK TO SNOW. BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...SEVERAL INCHES OF PRIMARILY SLEET AND SOME SNOW... ALONG WITH ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE...ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW... SLEET AND/OR ICE IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MOZ072>074-084-085-099-211600- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0003.080221T0900Z-080223T0000Z/ CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON-ST. FRANCOIS-IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FARMINGTON 958 PM CST WED FEB 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS TONIGHT. THE MIX IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MOSTLY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING...THEN MAINLY FREEZING RAIN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL IT ENDS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXCEEDING ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...ARE LIKELY WHEN THIS STORM ENDS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY AS WELL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW... SLEET AND/OR ICE IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ CARNEY
000 WWUS43 KLSX 211000 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 400 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREA THROUGH FRIDAY... .THE STORM IS BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AND SOME ICING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI. SIGNIFICANT ICING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70...WITH SOME SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES. A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR BY THIS AFTERNOON. ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-098>102-MOZ036-041-042-047>052- 059>065-075-212300- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0003.080221T1200Z-080223T0000Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL- MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU- COLE-OSAGE-CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN- ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON- STE. GENEVIEVE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... CHESTER...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA... MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY...ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS 400 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD NORTH AND EASTWARD THIS MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF ICING AND OR SLEET. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY INTO FRIDAY. COLDER AIR WILL THEN FILTER BACK INTO THE REGION BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON CHANGING THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BACK TO SNOW. BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...SEVERAL INCHES...PRIMARILY OF SLEET AND SOME SNOW...ALONG WITH OVER HALF AN INCH OF ICE...ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW... SLEET AND/OR ICE IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MOZ072>074-084-085-099-212300- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON-ST. FRANCOIS-IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FARMINGTON 400 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXCEEDING HALF AN INCH...ARE LIKELY WHEN THIS STORM ENDS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET IS LIKELY AS WELL. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF ICING AND OR SLEET. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW... SLEET AND/OR ICE IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ095>097-MOZ018-019-026-027-034-035-212300- /O.NEW.KLSX.WW.Y.0004.080221T1800Z-080223T0000Z/ ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-KNOX-LEWIS-SHELBY-MARION-MONROE-RALLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...HANNIBAL 400 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. AS THE PRECIPITATION SPREADS NORTHWARD TODAY...A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW ON FRIDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW...AND SOME SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS...SUCH AS SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND RAIN. IT ONLY TAKES A SMALL AMOUNT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO MAKE ROADS...BRIDGES...SIDEWALKS...AND PARKING LOTS ICY AND DANGEROUS. IT IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO TELL WHEN ICE BEGINS TO FORM...SO DO NOT BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD. $$ BYRD
000 WWUS43 KLSX 212220 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 420 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...A BREAK IN THE WEATHER THIS EVENING...BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .THE WINTER PRECIPITATION THAT BEGAN TO AFFECT THE AREA TODAY WILL WIND DOWN THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THE STORM IS NOT OVER...AS ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING AS A STRONG UPPER LOW MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-098>102-MOZ036-041-042-047>052- 059>065-075-221030- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL- MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU- COLE-OSAGE-CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN- ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON- STE. GENEVIEVE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... CHESTER...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA... MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY...ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS 420 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE WINTRY WEATHER THIS EVENING...AS THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF TO VERY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SPOTTY SLEET. HOWEVER...DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THIS TEMPORARY LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION...AS ANOTHER ROUND OF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...BUT WILL SLOWLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE DAY AS COLD AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE...WITH SOME AREAS PICKING UP ONE-QUARTER INCH OF ICE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW... SLEET AND/OR ICE IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MOZ072>074-084-085-099-221030- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON-ST. FRANCOIS-IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FARMINGTON 420 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE WINTRY WEATHER THIS EVENING...AS THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF TO VERY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SPOTTY SLEET. HOWEVER...DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THIS TEMPORARY LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION...AS ANOTHER ROUND OF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...BUT WILL SLOWLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE DAY AS COLD AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE...WITH SOME AREAS PICKING UP ONE-QUARTER TO PERHAPS AS MUCH AS ONE-HALF INCH OF ICE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW... SLEET AND/OR ICE IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ095>097-MOZ018-019-026-027-034-035-221030- /O.CON.KLSX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-KNOX-LEWIS-SHELBY-MARION-MONROE-RALLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...HANNIBAL 420 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE WINTRY WEATHER THIS EVENING...AS THE SNOW AND SLEET TAPERS OFF TO VERY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SPOTTY SLEET. HOWEVER...DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THIS TEMPORARY LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION...AS ANOTHER ROUND OF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW...BUT WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY AS COLD AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS...SUCH AS SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND RAIN. IT ONLY TAKES A SMALL AMOUNT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO MAKE ROADS...BRIDGES...SIDEWALKS...AND PARKING LOTS ICY AND DANGEROUS. IT IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO TELL WHEN ICE BEGINS TO FORM...SO DO NOT BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD. $$ TRUETT
000 WWUS43 KLSX 220445 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1045 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .THE STORM IS NOT OVER...ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING....AS A STRONG UPPER LOW MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-098>102-MOZ036-041-042-047>052- 059>065-072>075-084-085-099-221645- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL- MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU- COLE-OSAGE-CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN- ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD- WASHINGTON-ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE-IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... CHESTER...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA... MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY...ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS... FARMINGTON 1045 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL ICE OR GLAZE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH IS ALSO EXPECTED. OVER THE REST OF THE AREA TONIGHT...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL IMPACT THE AREA DEPOSITING A LIGHT GLAZE...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED SURFACES. HOWEVER...DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THIS TEMPORARY LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION...AS ANOTHER ROUND OF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY. THIS SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...BUT WILL SLOWLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE DAY BEFORE ENDING AS COLD AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE FROM ONE HALF INCH TO 3 INCHES...WITH SOME AREAS PICKING UP ONE-QUARTER INCH OF ICE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET AND/OR ICE IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ095>097-MOZ018-019-026-027-034-035-221645- /O.CON.KLSX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-KNOX-LEWIS-SHELBY-MARION-MONROE-RALLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...HANNIBAL 1045 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. OVER THE REST OF THE AREA TONIGHT...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FLURRIES WILL IMPACT THE AREA DEPOSITING A LIGHT GLAZE... ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED SURFACES. HOWEVER...DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THIS TEMPORARY LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION...AS ANOTHER ROUND OF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY. THIS SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...BUT WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY BEFORE ENDING AS COLD AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE...WITH MINOR GLAZING AS WELL FROM THE FREEZING DRIZZLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS...SUCH AS SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND RAIN. IT ONLY TAKES A SMALL AMOUNT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO MAKE ROADS...BRIDGES...SIDEWALKS...AND PARKING LOTS ICY AND DANGEROUS. IT IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO TELL WHEN ICE BEGINS TO FORM...SO DO NOT BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD. $$ TES
000 WWUS43 KLSX 220933 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 333 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO SLOWLY EXIT AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .THE STORM IS NOT QUITE OVER...ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING....AS A STRONG UPPER LOW MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS THOUGH WILL BE LESS THAN THE FIRST ROUND YESTERDAY. ILZ095>097-MOZ018-019-026-027-034-035-221045- /O.CAN.KLSX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-KNOX-LEWIS-SHELBY-MARION-MONROE-RALLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...HANNIBAL 333 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED OVER THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STILL EXPECT SOME VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AT TIMES THIS MORNING... BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO LIGHT SNOW. HOWEVER...ONLY A FEW TENTHS OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH NO ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. SO HAVE CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-098>102-MOZ036-041-042-047>052- 059>065-072>075-084-085-099-222145- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL- MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU- COLE-OSAGE-CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN- ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD- WASHINGTON-ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE-IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... CHESTER...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA... MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY...ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS... FARMINGTON 333 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TODAY. ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL ICE OR GLAZE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH IS ALSO EXPECTED. OVER THE REST OF THE AREA TODAY...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA...DEPOSITING A LIGHT GLAZE...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED SURFACES. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL SLOWLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE DAY BEFORE ENDING AS COLD AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION. ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FROM ONE HALF INCH TO AN INCH...WITH SOME AREAS PICKING UP LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET AND/OR ICE IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ BYRD
000 WWUS43 KLSX 221741 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1141 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2008 ...LAST ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER AFFECTING SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON... .THE LAST ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER FROM THIS WEEKS STORM SYSTEM WILL BE SNOW...ALL WILL AFFECT SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. ILZ064-065-069-070-074-079-100>102-MOZ036-041-042-047>052-059>065- 072>075-084-085-099-221845- /O.CAN.KLSX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL- MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU- COLE-OSAGE-CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN- ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD- WASHINGTON-ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE-IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VANDALIA...SALEM...CHESTER... EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA...MEXICO... JEFFERSON CITY...ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS...FARMINGTON 1141 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE LAST ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BE CONFINED TO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. IN THOSE AREAS WHERE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED..ONLY LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED. $$ ILZ058>060-098-099-222200- /O.EXT.KLSX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080222T2200Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LITCHFIELD 1141 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE LAST ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER FROM THIS WEEKS STORM SYSTEM WILL BE SNOW...AND WILL AFFECT SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH OF A HARDIN...NOKOMIS LINE. THE SNOWFALL MAY BECOME FAIRLY HEAVY...BUT THIS HEAVIER SNOWFALL SHOULD NOT LAST TOO LONG. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND AN INCH...WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. $$ TRUETT
000 WWUS43 KLSX 222202 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 402 PM CST FRI FEB 22 2008 ILZ058>060-098-099-222315- /O.EXP.KLSX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080222T2200Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LITCHFIELD 402 PM CST FRI FEB 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE SNOWFALL OVER SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS HAS ENDED...AND NO ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. $$ TRUETT
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 20, 11:37 AM CST, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 11:37 AM CST, 4 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1137 AM CST WED FEB 20 2008
.DISCUSSION...
ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS SLOWLY EXITING FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. AS
OF 09Z...THE FRONT EXTENDED FROM NW INDIANA TO JUST SOUTH OF STL TO
SW MISSOURI. THE COLDER AIR IS TAKING ITS TIME MOVING INTO THE
REGION...SO WILL SEE OUR WARMEST TEMPS AT THIS TIME...WITH TEMPS
STEADY OR FALLING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WINDS ARE GUSTY FROM THE NW
BEHIND THE FRONT AND WITH FALLING TEMPS...COULD STILL SEE WIND CHILL
INDICES NEAR ADVISORY CRITERIA IN THE FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES FOR A
FEW HOURS THIS MORNING...SO WILL KEEP WIND CHILL ADVISORY GOING FOR
NOW.
OTHERWISE...MAIN CONCERN IS THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM THAT WILL AFFECT
THE AREA BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. SYSTEM IS JUST
MAKING LANDFALL THIS MORNING ON WEST COAST...SO 12Z MODEL RUNS MAY
HAVE A BETTER FEEL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND TIMING OF THE SYSTEM. SO
FOR NOW WENT WITH A BLEND OF GFS/ECMWF/NAM. CONTINUE TO SEE A DRIER
EASTERLY FLOW SETUP OVER AREA...SLOWING DEVELOPMENT/ONSET OF PCPN.
HOWEVER...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY 850MB JET WILL HELP MOISTURE OVERRUN
SURFACE WARM FRONT...WILL SEE PCPN DEVELOP AND SLIDE NORTHWARD WITH
TIME AFTER 06Z TONIGHT. INITIALLY THE PCPN WILL START AS SNOW...WITH
SOME SLEET MIXED IN OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CWA...AS 850 TEMPS
WARM UP ABOVE 0C. THE SLEET/SNOW MIXTURE WILL SPREAD FURTHER NORTH
AND EAST AS THE WARM AIR ALOFT MAKES ITS WAY INTO REGION...MAINLY
AFFECTING AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. FOR FAR SOUTHERN
SECTIONS...THERE WILL BE ENOUGH WARM AIR ALOFT FOR THE PCPN TO FALL
AS FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES BY THURSDAY NIGHT. PCPN WILL LINGER INTO
FRIDAY BEFORE COMING TO AN END. AS FOR AMOUNTS...WENT CLOSE TO WWD
GUIDANCE WITH MAIN BAND OF SNOW...2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG I-70
CORRIDOR...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH. ALSO...COULD
SEE UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. IF WARM AIR IS NOT AS STRONG AS
FORECAST IN FUTURE MODEL RUNS...WILL SEE MORE SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM.
WILL KEEP WINTER STORM WATCH GOING FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 70 FROM 06Z TONIGHT TO 00Z SAT.
ON FRIDAY...AS SOUTHWESTERN US SHORTWAVE SLIDES THROUGH AREA...WILL
SEE ANOTHER SHORTWAVE QUICKLY SINK SOUTHEAST FROM UPPER MIDWEST...
TRYING TO PHASE TOGETHER. THIS WILL HELP GENERATE ANOTHER ROUND OF
LIGHT SNOW...BEFORE TAPERING OFF FRIDAY NIGHT. DID ADD MENTION OF A
MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE FOR
SOUTHEAST MO AND SOUTHERN IL DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AS WARM LAYER
ALOFT LINGERS THERE.
OTHERWISE...BUMPED UP POPS TO LOW CHANCE CATEGORY ON SUNDAY AS NEXT
WEATHER SYSTEM AFFECTS REGION. NO MAJOR CHANGES MADE TO THE REST OF
THE EXTENDED.
BYRD
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 18Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AREAWIDE THRU MUCH
OF THE VALID TAF PERIOD...SAVE THE LAST 6 HOURS...AS LOWER CIGS
AND VSBYS FROM WINTRY PCPN OVERSPREAD THE AREA AFTER 12Z. SNPL
APPEARS TO BE THE MAIN P-TYPE INITIALLY FOR THE I-70 CORRIDOR WITH
ALL SNOW OVER KUIN...BUT THE WARM WEDGE ALOFT WILL STRENGTHEN OVER
TIME WITH POSSIBLE FZRA IN THE PERIODS AFTER 18Z/THU. OTRW...
VEERING SFC WNDS WILL BE THE RULE AS ELY FLOW SETS UP BY 12Z/THU.
TES
&&
.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CRAWFORD-IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS-ST. FRANCOIS-WASHINGTON.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR BOONE-CALLAWAY-COLE-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-
JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-MONITEAU-MONTGOMERY-OSAGE-ST. CHARLES-ST.
LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-STE. GENEVIEVE-WARREN.
IL...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR BOND IL-CALHOUN IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-
GREENE IL-JERSEY IL-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MARION IL-MONROE
IL-MONTGOMERY IL-RANDOLPH IL-ST. CLAIR IL-WASHINGTON IL.
&&
WFO LSXHazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 10:55 AM CST, 5 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1055 AM CST WED FEB 20 2008 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-211200- GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL- CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX-LEWIS- SHELBY-MARION-MONROE-RALLS-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU-COLE-OSAGE- CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN-ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN- ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON- ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE-IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS- 1055 AM CST WED FEB 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ANOTHER POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER TO THE WATCH PRODUCT. MODERATE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON PARTS OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION AS WELL AS AMOUNTS EXPECTED CAN NOT BE PRECISELY DETERMINED. THE LATEST INDICATIONS POINT TO ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET FOR AREAS ROUGHLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70...AND A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW OVER AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER TO THE WATCH PRODUCT. MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON PARTS OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...AND AGAIN MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ATTENTION IS REQUIRED OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1 TES
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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.