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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 7, 20254 counties in Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2025, 3:01 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2025, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2025, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Moniteau County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 293 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2025-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2025-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 7, 2:07 PM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 2:07 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 2:08 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service St Louis MO
208 PM CDT Sat Jun 7 2025

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034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-081915-
Greene IL-Macoupin IL-Montgomery IL-Bond IL-Fayette IL-Clinton IL-
Marion IL-Washington IL-Randolph IL-Adams IL-Brown IL-Pike IL-
Calhoun IL-Jersey IL-Madison IL-Saint Clair IL-Monroe IL-Knox MO-
Lewis MO-Shelby MO-Marion MO-Monroe MO-Ralls MO-Pike MO-Boone MO-
Audrain MO-Moniteau MO-Cole MO-Osage MO-Callaway MO-Montgomery MO-
Lincoln MO-Gasconade MO-Warren MO-Saint Charles MO-Franklin MO-
Saint Louis MO-Saint Louis City MO-Jefferson MO-Crawford MO-
Washington MO-Saint Francois MO-Sainte Genevieve MO-Iron MO-
Madison MO-Reynolds MO-
208 PM CDT Sat Jun 7 2025

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 low chance for isolated thunderstorms tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Additional thunderstorms are forecast on Sunday along a cold front.
Some of these storms may be strong to severe during the late
afternoon and evening hours. Damaging winds and large hail are the
main threats.

Chances of thunderstorms returns to the area Thursday through
Friday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

Elmore

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 12:17 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 16 more9 hr
Jun 7, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Francois, Washington34 min

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.