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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS St. Louis, MO

February 10, 200821 counties in Missouri; 11 counties in Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this winter storm watch at Feb 10, 2008, 4:09 AM CST for 21 counties in Missouri; 11 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 11, 2008, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2008, 4:09 AM CST (10:09 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 11, 2008, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 11, 2008, 4:37 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
All 32 counties

Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, 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, 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), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Feb 9, 11:44 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 11:44 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 2:43 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXBrown19 days

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Missouri, 2008Winter Storm Watches in Illinois, 2008Every winter storm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.