Alert archive / Missouri / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 28, 2009, 3:08 PM CST for Iron County, Madison County, Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr. 5 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 28, 2009, 3:08 PM CST (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2009, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
Counties Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, Reynolds County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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 28, 5:15 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | 4 N Bunker, MO | STORM TOTAL |
| Feb 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Viburnum, MO | STORM TOTAL |
| Feb 28, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Annapolis, MO | STORM TOTAL |
| Feb 28, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Oates, MO | STORM TOTAL |
| Feb 28, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Ellington, MO | STORM TOTAL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 284 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
- 485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 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 282108 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 308 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2009 MOZ047>049-059-282215- /O.EXP.KLSX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090228T2100Z/ MONITEAU-COLE-OSAGE-GASCONADE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFERSON CITY 308 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW HAS BEGUN TO TAPER OFF OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. $$ MOZ084-085-099-010200- /O.UPG.KLSX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLSX.WS.W.0002.090228T2108Z-090301T0200Z/ IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS- 308 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS FALLING HEAVILY ACROSS PARTS OF REYNOLDS AND IRON COUNTIES WITH OVER 3 INCHES ALREADY REPORTED IN ELLINGTON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVY SNOW MAY DROP BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS EXPECTED OVER REYNOLDS AND SOUTHERN IRON COUNTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL THIS EVENING. $$ MOZ072>075-010000- /O.CON.KLSX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090301T0000Z/ CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON-ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FARMINGTON 308 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 5 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CRAWFORD AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH QUICKLY BY EARLY THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. ROADS MAY RAPIDLY BECOME SLIPPERY ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD PLAN FOR A SLOWER THAN NORMAL TRIP. BE ESPECIALLY ALERT WHEN APPROACHING BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND CURVES. $$ BRITT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KLSX 010013 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 613 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2009 MOZ072>075-010115- /O.EXP.KLSX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090301T0000Z/ CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON-ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FARMINGTON 613 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STE GENEVIEVE...ST FRANCOIS....WASHINGTON...AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS EXPIRED. THE AREA OF SNOW HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THESE COUNTIES. SKIES WILL REMAIN CLOUDY OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. $$ MOZ084-085-099-010200- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090301T0200Z/ IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS- 613 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR REYNOLDS...IRON...AND MADISON COUNTIES REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS PARTS OF REYNOLDS AND IRON COUNTIES WITH OVER 4.5 INCHES ALREADY REPORTED IN ELLINGTON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE ENDING LATER THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES IN THE SNOW MAY DROP BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS EXPECTED OVER REYNOLDS AND SOUTHERN IRON COUNTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL THIS EVENING. $$ PRZYBYLINSKI
000 WWUS43 KLSX 010214 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 814 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2009 MOZ084-085-099-010315- /O.EXP.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090301T0200Z/ IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS- 814 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR REYNOLDS...IRON...AND MADISON COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE AREA OF SNOW WHICH BROUGHT VARYING ACCUMULATIONS TO PARTS OF REYNOLDS...IRON...AND MADISON COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS MOVED SOUTH INTO PARTS OF FAR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. A FEW FLURRIES ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER THESE AREAS TIL 9:00 PM. OTHERWISE SKIES WILL REMAIN CLOUDY OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THEN SKIES WILL CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ PRZYBYLINSKI
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.