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Winter Storm Watch 6, NWS St. Louis, MO

December 20, 201313 counties in Missouri; Adams County, Brown County, Pike County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this winter storm watch at Dec 20, 2013, 4:19 AM CST for 13 counties in Missouri; Adams County, Brown County, Pike County, Illinois. It took effect at Dec 20, 2013, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 20, 2013, 4:19 AM CST (10:19 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 20, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 20, 2013, 3:43 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO

Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Pike County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Marion County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Shelby County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 121 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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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 19, 11:38 PM CST, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 11:38 PM CST, 4 hours 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 20, 3:43 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Knox, Lewis and 8 more36 hr
Dec 20, 3:43 PM CSTFreezing Rain AdvisoryLSXCrawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Lincoln, Osage, Saint Charles and 3 more32 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.