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Heat Advisory 9, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 5, 20268 counties in Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this heat advisory at Sep 5, 2026, 12:29 PM CDT for 8 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Sep 5, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 5, 2026, 12:29 PM CDT (17:29 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 5, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 6, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO

Counties Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Osage County, MO, Reynolds County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 340 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2026-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2092 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2026-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2092 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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 heat 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 heat advisory went out at Sep 5, 12:13 PM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 12:13 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Francois35 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.