Alert archive / Missouri / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this winter storm warning at Mar 3, 2008, 4:21 AM CST for 14 counties in Illinois; 16 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Mar 3, 2008, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 30 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
- Mar 3, 2008, 4:21 AM CST (10:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
All 30 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, City of Saint Louis, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Osage 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), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 12:12 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Rosebud, MO | COMBINATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FALLING. |
| Mar 3, 2:10 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Bridgeton, MO | SLEET MIXING IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN |
| Mar 3, 2:20 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Maryland Heights, MO | SLEET MIXING IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN |
| Mar 3, 2:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Potosi, MO | SLEET MIXING IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN. ICE STARTING TO ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 30 DEGREES. |
| Mar 3, 2:30 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Town And Country, MO | SLEET MIXING IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN |
| Mar 3, 4:03 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Fairview Heights, IL | .10 INCH OF ICE ON ELEVATED SURFACES |
| Mar 3, 4:03 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Greenville, IL | APPROXIMATELY 0.1 INCH OF ICE ON ELEVATED SURFACES |
| Mar 3, 4:03 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Creve Coeur, MO | ROADS BECOMING SLUSHY...LIGHT GLAZING OF FREEZING RAIN ON ELEVATED SURFACES |
| Mar 3, 4:03 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | 4 W Richwoods, MO | 0.5 INCH OF SNOW IN THE LAST HOUR |
| Mar 3, 4:40 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | 11 Nw Potosi, MO | FREEZING RAIN CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Mar 3, 4:50 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | Ramsey, IL | FREEZING RAIN CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Mar 3, 5:25 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Hoyleton, IL | A LIGHT GLAZE STARTING TO DEVELOP. FREEZING RAIN CURRENTLY. |
| Mar 3, 5:40 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.18 | Aviston, IL | FREEZING RAIN WITH SOME SLEET PRESENTLY. |
| Mar 3, 5:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Sparta, IL | A GLAZE JUST STARTING TO DEVELOP. FREEZING RAIN PRESENTLY. |
| Mar 3, 7:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Fredericktown, MO | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN PRESENTLY. |
| Mar 3, 8:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.03 | 1 Ese Annapolis, MO | A LIGHT GLAZING REPORTED. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 3, 8:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | 1 Sse Fredericktown, MO | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN REPORTED AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 3, 8:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 1 Ene Ironton, MO | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN REPORTED AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 3, 8:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 4 Se Okawville, IL | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET REPORTED AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 3, 8:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | 2 E Roselle, MO | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN REPORTED AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 3, 8:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | 3 Sse Bonne Terre, MO | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN REPORTED AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 3, 8:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | Sparta, IL | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN REPORTED AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 3, 8:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.15 | 3 Sse Chester, IL | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN REPORTED AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 3, 8:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 2 E Salem, IL | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET REPORTED AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 3, 8:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 1 E Farmington, MO | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN REPORTED AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 3, 8:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Wsw Carlyle, IL | JUST A TRACE OF LIGHT GLAZE. |
| Mar 3, 8:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 1 N Hillsboro, MO | |
| Mar 3, 8:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.15 | 2 Ene Carlyle, IL | |
| Mar 3, 8:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Ene New Athens, IL | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 3, 8:45 PM CST | SLEET 0.25 | 1 N Potosi, MO | A TRACE OF GLAZE AS WELL FROM FREEZING RAIN. |
| Mar 3, 8:45 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | 1 Se Vandalia, IL | ALSO A TRACE OF LIGHT GLAZE. |
| Mar 3, 8:45 PM CST | SNOW 0.8 | 3 Ese Steelville, MO | SLEET ALSO INCLUDED IN STORM TOTAL. A TRACE OF LIGHT GLAZE AS WELL. |
| Mar 4, 3:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.1 | 5 W Breese, IL | FREEZING RAIN CHANGED OVER TO SLEET ... GLAZING OF ICE ON UNTREATED SURFACES. |
| Mar 4, 4:15 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Sw Edwardsville, IL | SLEET AND SNOW MIXTURE WITH HEAVY SLEET CONTINUING TO FALL AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. |
| Mar 4, 4:20 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | O'Fallon, IL | HEAVY SLEET CURRENTLY FALLING WITH CLAPS OF THUNDER ... HALF INCH OF NEW ACCUMULATION IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES. |
| Mar 4, 4:33 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Fults, IL | 1/8 TO 1/4 INCH OF GLAZING FROM LAST NIGHTS FREEZING RAIN. LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET AT THIS TIME. |
| Mar 4, 5:50 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Wnw Hoyleton, IL | THUNDER AND LIGHTNING ALSO PRESENT. |
| Mar 4, 6:10 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Greenville, IL | LIGHT SLEET CURRENTLY FALLING |
| Mar 4, 6:45 AM CST | SNOW 0.7 | Washington, MO | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF .70. LIGHT SNOW AND SNOW PELLETS FALLING AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Mar 4, 7:05 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Steelville, MO | SNOWING VERY HARD. |
| Mar 4, 7:06 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 1.5 | Steelville, MO | VERY HEAVY SNOW FALLING. ESTIMATED ACCUMULATION SO FAR OF 1-1.5 INCHES. |
| Mar 4, 7:08 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | 3 W De Soto, MO | SNOW AND SLEET FALLING...AROUND 1/2 INCH OF ACCUMULATION. |
| Mar 4, 7:17 AM CST | SNOW 0.4 | 2 Se Vandalia, IL | MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...LESS THAN1/2 INCH OF ACCUMULATION. |
| Mar 4, 7:17 AM CST | SNOW 40 | 2 Se Vandalia, IL | MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...LESS THAN1/2 INCH OF ACCUMULATION. |
| Mar 4, 7:20 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | 2 E Red Bud, IL | FREEZING RAIN STARTING TO MIX WITH SLEET. POWER OUT FOR 1 HOUR |
| Mar 4, 7:23 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Glen Carbon, IL | ABOUT .50 SLEET OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS NOW A COMBINATION OF SLEET AND SNOW. |
| Mar 4, 7:27 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 0.5 | De Soto, MO | PRECIPITATION CHANGED OVER TO ALL SNOW. ABOUT 1/2 INCH ACCUMULATION SINCE 7 AM. |
| Mar 4, 7:40 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Fredericktown, MO | 0.1 SLEET...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CURRENTLY FALLING |
| Mar 4, 7:46 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2.5 | Steelville, MO | HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES...ACCUMULATING AT THE RATE OF AN INCH AN HOUR. |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | O'Fallon, MO | 1/2 INCH OF SLEET AND SNOW ON GROUND...STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 4, 8:04 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Red Bud, IL | 0.25 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION...SNOWING NOW |
| Mar 4, 8:04 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.3 | Bourbon, MO | 2 INCHES IN LAST 45 MINUTES...HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES... |
| Mar 4, 8:04 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | Steelville, MO | HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES... |
| Mar 4, 8:31 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Fults, IL | 0.3 INCH ICE |
| Mar 4, 8:31 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Maeystown, IL | HEAVY SNOW WITH THUNDER REPORTED |
| Mar 4, 8:31 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 1 | 2 Sse Potosi, MO | HEAVY SNOW...1 INCH ACCUMULATION IN 35 MINUTES |
| Mar 4, 8:40 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Steelville, MO | 4 INCHES OF SNOW ON GROUND WITH 1.5 INCHES IN THE THE LAST HOUR |
| Mar 4, 8:45 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Waterloo, IL | THUNDERSNOW |
| Mar 4, 8:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Belgrade, MO | 2.5 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR |
| Mar 4, 9:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 1 | New Handover, IL | HEAVY SNOW WITH THUNDER |
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 00:00Z, 10.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1391 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 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 031021 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 421 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008 ILZ098>102-MOZ049-052-059>065-072-073-032230- /O.UPG.KLSX.WS.A.0005.080303T1800Z-080305T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLSX.WS.W.0004.080303T1800Z-080305T0000Z/ CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-OSAGE- LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN-ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN-ST. LOUIS- ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE... ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS 421 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING THE AREA WINTRY PRECIPITATION STARTING THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION IN TWO WAVES. FIRST...THE RAIN OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET...SNOW...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...SO DONT BE SURPRISED IF THERE IS SEVERAL HOURS OF NO PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...THE SECOND ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER...IN THE FORM OF HEAVY SNOW...WILL MOVE IN ON TUESDAY...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 OR MORE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THIS WINTER STORM IS EXTREMELY COMPLEX...AND SUBTLE SHIFTS IN THE LOCATION OF THE COLD AIR OR THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE MAY MAKE FOR LARGE CHANGES IN CONDITIONS OVER A VERY SHORT DISTANCE. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA ARE URGED TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV...ALONG WITH CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS 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. $$ ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-MOZ074-075-084-085-099-032230- /O.UPG.KLSX.WS.A.0005.080304T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLSX.WS.W.0004.080303T1800Z-080305T0000Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE- IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... CHESTER...FARMINGTON 421 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING THE AREA WINTRY PRECIPITATION STARTING THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION IN TWO WAVES. FIRST...THE RAIN OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR BY EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH ONE- QUARTER TO ONE-HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE FROM NEAR CENTERVILLE TO SALEM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AS WELL. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AND DIMINISH IN INTENSITY. HOWEVER...THE SECOND ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER...IN THE FORM OF HEAVY SNOW...WILL MOVE IN ON TUESDAY...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. THIS WINTER STORM IS EXTREMELY COMPLEX...AND SUBTLE SHIFTS IN THE LOCATION OF THE COLD AIR OR THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE MAY MAKE FOR LARGE CHANGES IN CONDITIONS OVER A VERY SHORT DISTANCE. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA ARE URGED TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV...ALONG WITH CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW... SLEET AND/OR ICE IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MOZ041-042-047-048-050-051-032230- /O.UPG.KLSX.WS.A.0005.080303T1800Z-080305T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLSX.WW.Y.0006.080303T1200Z-080305T0000Z/ BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU-COLE-CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA...MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY 421 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AREAS FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL BE ON THE FRINGES OF A STRONG WINTER STORM THAT WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. IT APPEARS THAT THE AREA WILL EXPERIENCE TWO ROUNDS OF WINTER WEATHER FROM THIS STORM. THE FIRST ROUND WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING...AS THE RAIN BECOMES MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW...AND CHANGES OVER TO ALL SNOW. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE MINOR... GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME QUITE LIGHT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND DONT BE SURPRISED IF THERE ARE SEVERAL HOURS OF LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION DURING THIS TIME. ROUND TWO OF THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA ON TUESDAY...IN THE FORM OF SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS FALLING TO THE EAST OF A JEFFERSON CITY...PITTSFIELD LINE. THE WINTER STORM THAT WILL BRING THE REGION WINTRY WEATHER IS VERY COMPLEX...AND SUBTLE SHIFTS IN THE LOCATION OF THE COLD AIR OR THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE MAY MAKE FOR LARGE CHANGES IN CONDITIONS OVER A VERY SHORT DISTANCE. THEREFORE...PEOPLE IN THE WATCH ARE URGED TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV...ALONG WITH CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS STORM. 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. $$ ILZ097-MOZ036-032230- /O.UPG.KLSX.WS.A.0005.080304T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLSX.WW.Y.0006.080303T1200Z-080305T0000Z/ PIKE IL-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BOWLING GREEN 421 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AREAS FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL BE ON THE FRINGES OF A STRONG WINTER STORM THAT WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. IT APPEARS THAT THE AREA WILL EXPERIENCE TWO ROUNDS OF WINTER WEATHER FROM THIS STORM. THE FIRST ROUND WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING...AS THE RAIN BECOMES MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW...AND CHANGES OVER TO ALL SNOW. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE MINOR... GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME QUITE LIGHT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND DONT BE SURPRISED IF THERE ARE SEVERAL HOURS OF LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION DURING THIS TIME. ROUND TWO OF THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA ON TUESDAY...IN THE FORM OF SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS FALLING TO THE EAST OF A JEFFERSON CITY...PITTSFIELD LINE. THE WINTER STORM THAT WILL BRING THE REGION WINTRY WEATHER IS VERY COMPLEX...AND SUBTLE SHIFTS IN THE LOCATION OF THE COLD AIR OR THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE MAY MAKE FOR LARGE CHANGES IN CONDITIONS OVER A VERY SHORT DISTANCE. THEREFORE...PEOPLE IN THE WATCH ARE URGED TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV...ALONG WITH CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS STORM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS...SUCH AS SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND RAIN. IT ONLY TAKES A SMALL AMOUNT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO MAKE ROADS...BRIDGES...SIDEWALKS...AND PARKING LOTS ICY AND DANGEROUS. IT IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO TELL WHEN ICE BEGINS TO FORM...SO DO NOT BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD. $$ TRUETT/GKS
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KLSX 032145 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 345 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-098>102-MOZ049-052-059>065- 072>075-084-085-099-041200- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ 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-OSAGE-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...ST CHARLES...UNION... ST LOUIS...FARMINGTON 345 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. COLD AIR CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON...CHANGING THE RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. MINOR ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION HAS ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED. THIS EVENING...THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 IN MISSOURI AND INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS. SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY...A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD EASTERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS. SNOW ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE GREATEST SNOW ACCCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM ROLLA...MISSOURI THROUGH THE WESTERN ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA TO CARLINVILLE...ILLINOIS. WITHIN THIS HEAVIER AXIS OF SNOW UP TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN LOCATIONS WHERE THUNDERSNOW OCCURS...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL CERTAINLY BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL LOCALLY LIMIT VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL UNTIL ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. $$ ILZ097-MOZ036-041-042-047-048-050-051-041200- /O.CON.KLSX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ PIKE IL-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU-COLE-CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA...MEXICO... JEFFERSON CITY 345 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. AREAS FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL BE ON THE FRINGES OF A STRONG WINTER STORM THAT WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. A SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS FALLING TO THE EAST OF A JEFFERSON CITY...PITTSFIELD LINE. THE WINTER STORM THAT WILL BRING THE REGION WINTRY WEATHER IS VERY COMPLEX...AND SUBTLE SHIFTS IN THE LOCATION OF THE COLD AIR OR THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE MAY MAKE FOR LARGE CHANGES IN CONDITIONS OVER A VERY SHORT DISTANCE. THEREFORE...PEOPLE IN THE ADVISORY ARE URGED TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV...ALONG WITH CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS STORM. $$ CVKING
000 WWUS43 KLSX 041018 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 418 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 ILZ058-098-MOZ052-042230- /O.CAN.KLSX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KLSX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ GREENE IL-CALHOUN IL-LINCOLN- 418 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AREAS FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL BE ON THE FRINGES OF THE WINTER STORM THAT WILL BE AFFECTING THE REGION TODAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...AND YOU CAN EXPECT A VERY DRAMATIC CHANGE IN ACCUMULATION IN A VERY SHORT DISTANCE. THE WINTER STORM PRODUCING THIS WINTRY WEATHER REMAINS COMPLEX... AND SUBTLE SHIFTS IN THE LOCATION OF THE COLD AIR OR THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE MAY MAKE FOR LARGE CHANGES IN CONDITIONS OVER A VERY SHORT DISTANCE. THEREFORE...PEOPLE IN THE ADVISORY ARE URGED TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV...ALONG WITH CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS STORM. $$ ILZ097-MOZ036-041-042-047-041130- /O.CAN.KLSX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ PIKE IL-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA...MEXICO 418 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM THAT WILL BE AFFECTING THE REGION TODAY IS MOVING A BIT FURTHER SOUTH. THIS MEANS LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IN THE BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA...AND MEXICO AREAS. $$ ILZ059-060-064-065-069-070-074-079-099>102-MOZ049-059>065-072>075- 084-085-099-042230- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL- WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL- MONROE IL-OSAGE-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...ST CHARLES...UNION... ST LOUIS...FARMINGTON 418 AM CST TUE MAR 4 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. WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL REFORMING ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI EARLY TODAY. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME QUITE HEAVY DURING THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON....CAUSING A RAPID DETERIORATION IN TRAVEL CONDITIONS...WHICH WILL BE MADE WORSE BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THAT WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALLS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE THUNDERSNOW OCCURS. IN ADDITION...AREAS FROM CENTERVILL MISSOURI TO SALEM ILLINOIS WILL EXPERIENCE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH THE SNOW EARLY TODAY...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MID MORNING. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ... IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL UNTIL THIS THREAT OF WINTER WEATHER HAS ENDED...AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEGIN TO IMPROVE. $$ MOZ048-050-051-042230- /O.CON.KLSX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ COLE-CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFERSON CITY 418 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL BE ON THE FRINGES OF A STRONG WINTER STORM THAT WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY...WITH A SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED IN THE JEFFERSON CITY...FULTON...AND MONTGOMERY CITY AREAS. AND...ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY OVER A VERY SHORT DISTANCE. THE WINTER STORM PRODUCING THIS WINTRY WEATHER REMAINS COMPLEX... AND SUBTLE SHIFTS IN THE LOCATION OF THE COLD AIR OR THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE MAY MAKE FOR LARGE CHANGES IN CONDITIONS OVER A VERY SHORT DISTANCE. THEREFORE...PEOPLE IN THE ADVISORY ARE URGED TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV...ALONG WITH CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS STORM. $$ TRUETT
000 WWUS43 KLSX 041704 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1104 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 MOZ049-059-041815- /O.CAN.KLSX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ OSAGE-GASCONADE- 1104 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE SNOW HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE REGION...AND LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. $$ MOZ048-050-051-041815- /O.CAN.KLSX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ COLE-CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFERSON CITY 1104 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. $$ ILZ059-060-064-065-069-070-074-079-099>102-MOZ060>065-072>075-084- 085-099-050000- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL- WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL- MONROE IL-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...ST CHARLES...UNION... ST LOUIS...FARMINGTON 1104 AM CST TUE MAR 4 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. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE SNOW WILL BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 1 OR 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN AN HOUR. SNOWFALLS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE THUNDERSNOW OCCURS. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ... IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. MOTORISTS SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINTER WEATHER HAS ENDED...AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEGIN TO IMPROVE. $$ ILZ058-098-MOZ052-050000- /O.CON.KLSX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ GREENE IL-CALHOUN IL-LINCOLN- 1104 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL BE ON THE FRINGES OF THE WINTER STORM THAT WILL BE AFFECTING THE REGION TODAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...AND YOU CAN EXPECT A VERY DRAMATIC CHANGE IN ACCUMULATION IN A VERY SHORT DISTANCE. PEOPLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE URGED TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV...ALONG WITH CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS STORM. $$ SCHROEDER
000 WWUS43 KLSX 042152 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 352 PM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 MOZ060-062-072>074-084-085-099-042300- /O.CAN.KLSX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ WARREN-FRANKLIN-CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON-ST. FRANCOIS-IRON-MADISON- REYNOLDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...FARMINGTON 352 PM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED EARLY. $$ MOZ052-042300- /O.CAN.KLSX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ LINCOLN- 352 PM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION. $$ ILZ059-060-064-065-069-070-074-079-099>102-MOZ061-063>065-075- 050000- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL- WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL- MONROE IL-ST. CHARLES-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON- STE. GENEVIEVE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... CHESTER...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...ST CHARLES...ST LOUIS 352 PM CST TUE MAR 4 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. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW BY 6 PM. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ... IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. MOTORISTS SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINTER WEATHER HAS ENDED...AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEGIN TO IMPROVE. $$ ILZ058-098-050000- /O.CON.KLSX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ GREENE IL-CALHOUN IL- 352 PM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY 6 PM. PEOPLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE URGED TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV...ALONG WITH CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS STORM. $$ SCHROEDER
000 WWUS43 KLSX 042357 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 557 PM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 ILZ059-060-064-065-069-070-074-079-099>102-MOZ061-063>065-075- 050100- /O.EXP.KLSX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL- WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL- MONROE IL-ST. CHARLES-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON- STE. GENEVIEVE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... CHESTER...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...ST CHARLES...ST LOUIS 557 PM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WINTER STORM RESPONSBILE FOR THE HEAVY SNOW TODAY HAS MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA. THE BANDS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL CURRENTLY OVER THE REGION WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES EARLY THIS EVENING...SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ ILZ058-098-050100- /O.EXP.KLSX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/ GREENE IL-CALHOUN IL- 557 PM CST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM HAS MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA...SO THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ BRITT
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 Mar 2, 11:27 PM CST, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 11:27 PM CST, 4 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1127 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008
.UPDATE...
MADE A FEW TWEAKS TO THE FORECAST...PRIMARILY DEALING WITH
HYDROLOGICAL CONCERNS. MOIST GROUND FOUND JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE...
AND WITH HIGHER QPF FORECAST FOR AREAS IN THE SERN FA FOR MONDAY
AND MONDAY EVENING...DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND EXPAND THE FFA TO ALL
OF THE FA...WITH THE TIME PERIODS ROUGHLY EXTENDING FROM JUST
AHEAD OF CD FROPA UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER THE PCPN BECOMES FROZEN.
MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH ANOTHER SLUG OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO
IMPACT THE SERN FA FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING...ON THE ORDER OF
TWO TO THREE INCHES IN SPOTS. DESPITE HIGHER FFG IN THE FAR SRN
FA...NATURE OF TERRAIN AND ITS IMPACTS ON RUNOFF WILL NULLIFY THAT
SOMEWHAT.
PUSHED BACK THE TIMING OF THE PCPN ALSO BASED ON LATEST RADAR
TRENDS.
TES
&&
.DISCUSSION...
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY POTENTIAL FOR A
MAJOR WINTER STORM...
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST LABOR INTENSIVE FORECASTS I HAVE HAD THE
PLEASURE OF PUTTING TOGETHER IN RECENT YEARS. AFTER UNSEASONABLY
WARM AND NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES TODAY...THE WEATHER TAKES A
DRAMTIC DOWNTURN TONIGHT AND CONTINUES DOWNHILL INTO TUESDAY.
THE COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL IA THRU FAR NW MO THRU CENTRAL
KS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. COPIUS NWD MOISTURE TRANSPORT THROUGH THE
SRN AND CENTRAL PLAINS COUPLED WITH INCREASING FROTOGENETIC FORCING
AND LARGE SCALE ASCENT HAS LEAD EXTENSIVE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
SPANNING THE FRONT AND WELL INTO THE COOL SECTOR. THE COLD FRONT
WILL CONTINUE A SEWD MARCH TONIGHT PUSHING THRU THE ST LOUIS AREA
AROUND 12Z AND THRU THE SE PORTION OF THE CWA BY 18-19Z MONDAY.
THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FLOOD WATCH STILL LOOKS GOOD FOR TONIGHT
WITH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AVERAGING 1-2 INCHES IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONT AND 3H FFG VALUES RUNNING UNDER 3 INCHES. IM NOT OVERLY
EXCITED ABOUT THE SEVERE WX PROSPECTS TONIGHT BUT COULDNT RULE OUT
SOME MARGINAL HAIL OR WIND REPORTS IN NE AND CENTRAL MO IF WE GET
SOME ROBUST STORMS...THE HEAVIER RAFL SEEMS THE BIGGER SHORT TERM
ISSUE. SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES LAG THE FROPA BY SOME DISTANCE
AND DONT THESE WILL ENTER THE NW PORTION OF THE CWA/NE MO TIL
AROUND DAYBREAK.
EXTENSIVE PCPN WILL CONTINUE TO SPAN THE FRONT WITH THE GREATEST
COVERAGE OF PCPN IN THE COOL SECTOR. A HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL
CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN SE MO AND SRN IL WHERE FFG VALUES
ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA. RATHER THAN
FURTHER COMPLICATE AN ALREADY COMPLICATED FCST...I HAVE JUST
MENTIONED HVY RAIN THE FCST FOR THESE AREAS ON MONDAY AND WILL LET
THE EVENING AND MID SHIFT ASSESS ANY NEED FOR EXPANDING THE FFA.
THE DEEPER COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SEWD ON MONDAY IN THE
WAKE OF THE FRONT...CHASING THE HEAVIER POST-FRONTAL PCPN. THERE
WILL A CHANGE IN PTYPES AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES SEWD AND DEEPENS
WITH SLEET THE MOST WORRISOME. THE AREA ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 70 FROM STL WWD COULD SEE UPWARDS OF A HALF INCH OR SO
OF SLEET FROM THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THEREFORE I
HAVE EXPANDED THE AREA WITH A QUICKER ONSET OF THE PREVIOUSLY
ISSUED WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THIS GENERAL AREA. CHANGEOVER IN THE
STL METRO LOOKS TO BE AROUND MID AFTERNOON.
I DONT THINK THERE WILL BE A COMPLETE BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION
WITH THIS EVENT ON MONDAY NIGHT BUT THE GREATEST COVERAGE WILL
SHIFT ACROSS SRN MO AND SRN IL WHERE WINTRY PCPN PRIMARILY IN THE
FORM OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE BIGGEST ISSUED.
SEVERAL INCHES ACCUMULATION OF SLEET COULD FALL ACROSS THE ERN
OZARKS AGAIN WITH UP TO 1/4 INCH OF ICE INTO S CENTRAL IL.
IF THAT ISNT ENOUGH THE GREATEST THRUST OF THIS STORM DEPENDING
ON HOW YOU VIEW IT WILL BE ON TUESDAY. THE MODELS ARE SIMILAR
WITH A MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING FROM NW AR THRU SE MO INTO THE
OH VALLEY FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WHICH IS A CLASSIC
TRACK FOR A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IN THE CWA. THE LAST 3 RUNS OF THE
NAM...THE SREF...AND 00Z ECMWF HAVE PLACED THIS BAND VERY CLOSE TO
THE I-44 CORIDOOR. THE FEATURES WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE PRETTY
INCREDIBLE. ISENTROPIC SFCS AT 290-300K FROM THE 12Z NAM SHOW A
IMPRESSIVE TROWAL STRUCTURE WITH STRONG SYNOPTIC AND MESOSCALE
FORCING. CLIMATOLOGICALLY THIS IS A GOOD PERIOD FOR THUNDERSNOW
AND INDEED THE NAM SHOWS GOOD MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND POSITIVE
CAPE WITHIN THE DEFORMATION ZONE. GIVEN THESE FACTORS AND THE GOOD
MOISTURE TRANSPORT...THIS SYSTEM HAS ALL THE MAKINGS FOR A HEAVY
SNOW PRODUCER WITH 2+ HR SNOWFALL RATES. GOREE AND YOUNKIN
TECHNIQUES ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT FROM BOTH THE 12Z NAM AND GFS
WITH THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW FROM AROUND ROLLA THRU ST LOUIS
THRU LITCHFIELD. POTENTIAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE AT THE VERY LEAST
EQUAL TO THE DEC 15-16 AND JAN31-FEB 1 STORMS WITH A SOLID BAND OF
8+ INCHES. ONCE WE RESOLVE THE MESOSCALE ISSUES WE CAN BETTER
ASSESS THE HIGH END AMOUNTS.
GLASS
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 06Z TAFS...PRIMARY CONCERN OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL BE
FROPA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORMS. SO KEPT VCTS MENTION FOR ALL SITES FOR A FEW HOURS
INITIALLY. AS FOR IFR VSBYS AND CIGS...THEY WILL BE MOVING INTO
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MO BY 07Z...THEN INTO KSUS...KSTL BY 09Z AS
THE FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE SECONDARY PROBLEM WILL BE A
SWITCH OVER FROM LIQUID TO FROZEN/FREEZING PRECIP BETWEEN 12Z AND
14Z FOR KUIN...13Z AND 15Z FOR KCOU AND BETWEEN 19Z AND 23Z FOR
KSUS/KSTL. ALL SITES TO SEE A BREAK FROM THE SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING...BEFORE SECOND ROUND RAMPS UP BY TUESDAY
MORNING...BEYOND THE FORECAST PERIOD OF THIS SET OF TAFS.
BYRD
&&
.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLOOD WATCH FROM 3 AM CST MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR
CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-ST. CHARLES-
ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-WARREN-WASHINGTON.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR AUDRAIN-BOONE-CALLAWAY-COLE-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-
GASCONADE-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-MONITEAU-MONTGOMERY-OSAGE-ST.
CHARLES-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-WARREN-WASHINGTON.
FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 AM CST MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR IRON-
MADISON-REYNOLDS-ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR IRON-MADISON-PIKE-REYNOLDS-ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE.
FLOOD WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
AUDRAIN-BOONE-CALLAWAY-COLE-KNOX-LEWIS-MARION-MONITEAU-
MONROE-MONTGOMERY-OSAGE-PIKE-RALLS-SHELBY.
IL...FLOOD WATCH FROM 3 AM CST MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR
CALHOUN IL-GREENE IL-JERSEY IL-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-
MONTGOMERY IL.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-MONROE IL-ST.
CLAIR IL.
FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 AM CST MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR BOND
IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-MARION IL-MONROE IL-RANDOLPH IL-
ST. CLAIR IL-WASHINGTON IL.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR BOND IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-
MARION IL-MONTGOMERY IL-PIKE IL-RANDOLPH IL-WASHINGTON IL.
FLOOD WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL.
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WFO LSXHazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 9:20 PM CST, 7 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 920 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-031200- 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- 920 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING OVER PARTS OF THE BI-STATE AREA... ...WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN IMPACTING PORTIONS OF THE AREA MONDAY AND WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE AREA EXCEPT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER TO THE WATCH PRODUCT. IN ADDITION...A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG...CAPABLE OF PEA SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AND MONDAY EVENING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. AS A RESULT...FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR PARTS OF THE BI-STATE AREA. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER TO THE WATCH PRODUCT. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND SLEET ON MONDAY AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO INCH BY EARLY MONDAY EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ON MONDAY NIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. FURTHER NORTH...SNOW SHOULD BECOME THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE. THE FINAL THRUST OF THE STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA ON TUESDAY WHEN A BAND OF SNOW...POTENTIALLY HEAVY IS EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR IN MISSOURI AND INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER TO THE WATCH PRODUCT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1 TES
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 4:21 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 38 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:33 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Brown | 5 days |
| Mar 3, 12:33 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 6 days |
| Mar 3, 2:23 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 23 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:20 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Fayette | 23 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:21 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 46 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:13 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 5 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Missouri, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in Illinois, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008
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.