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Winter Weather Advisory 2, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 5, 2008, 4:20 AM CST for 4 counties in Missouri; Adams County, Brown County, Illinois. It took effect at Feb 5, 2008, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2008, 4:20 AM CST (10:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 5, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Marion County, MO, Shelby County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 441 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Feb 5, 3:56 AM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 3:56 AM CST, 24 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 352 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ILZ095-096-MOZ018-019-026-027-051215- ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-KNOX-LEWIS-SHELBY-MARION- 352 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 12 PM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...BUT BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A COLD RAIN WILL DEVELOP ON TUESDAY MORNING...WITH THE RAIN POSSIBLY TURNING TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES DIP BELOW FREEZING. ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL TURN THE FREEZING RAIN TO SNOW BY TUESDAY EVENING...AND SOME OF THIS SNOW MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY HAIL OR GUSTY WINDS THAT OCCUR IN THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-097>102-MOZ034>036-041-042- 047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-051215- GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-PIKE IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL- MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-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- 352 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY FOR CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN. LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD BECOME A PROBLEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ON TUESDAY...AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION...ANY OF THE STORMS ON TUESDAY COULD ONCE AGAIN PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...WHICH MAY LEAD TO A FLASH FLOOD THREAT DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND. THE RAIN WILL THEN CHANGE TO SNOW ON TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH SOME OF THE SNOW LINGERING OVER ILLINOIS ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1 TRUETT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 4, 10:54 PM CST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Feb 4, 11:07 PM CST, 5 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1107 PM CST MON FEB 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1104 PM HAIL TROY 38.98N 90.98W
02/04/2008 M0.75 INCH LINCOLN MO NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
SIPPRELLLocal storm report, Feb 4, 11:11 PM CST, 5 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1111 PM CST MON FEB 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1103 PM HAIL TROY 38.73N 89.89W
02/04/2008 E0.88 INCH MADISON IL PUBLIC
PUBLIC AT A SHELL STATION REPORTED NICKLE SIZE HAIL.
&&
PRZYBYLINSKILocal storm report, Feb 4, 11:15 PM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1115 PM CST MON FEB 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1104 PM HAIL 1 E TROY 38.73N 89.88W
02/04/2008 E0.88 INCH MADISON IL AMATEUR RADIO
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED NICKLE SIZE HAIL
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PRZYBYLINSKIThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 8:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike | 52 min |
| Feb 4, 9:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Feb 4, 9:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Warren | 48 min |
| Feb 4, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Osage | 26 min |
| Feb 4, 10:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Lincoln, Montgomery, Warren | 47 min |
| Feb 4, 10:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren | 48 min |
| Feb 4, 11:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 38 min |
| Feb 5, 3:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Warren | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 3:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Osage | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles | 24 min |
| Feb 5, 3:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Warren | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 35 min |
| Feb 5, 3:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington | 29 min |
| Feb 5, 5:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Iron, Reynolds, Washington | 26 min |
| Feb 4, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 45 min |
| Feb 4, 8:50 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Fayette | 5 days |
| Feb 5, 4:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin | 5 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.