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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS St. Louis, MO

December 12, 20139 counties in Missouri; 8 counties in Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this winter storm watch at Dec 12, 2013, 3:50 AM CST for 9 counties in Missouri; 8 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Dec 13, 2013, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 12, 2013, 3:50 AM CST (09:50 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 13, 2013, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 13, 2013, 4:05 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO

Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Pike County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Marion County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Shelby County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 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 Dec 12, 2:57 AM CST, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 2:57 AM CST, 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 12, 3:41 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 23 more43 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Missouri, 2013Winter Storm Watches in Illinois, 2013Every winter storm watch in 2013

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.