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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 28, 2026Cole County, Moniteau County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2026, 2:18 PM CDT for Cole County, Moniteau County, Missouri. It was in force for 12 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: Apr 28, 2026, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2026, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Cole County, MO, Moniteau County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 28, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 221 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1333 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 180 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 Apr 28, 12:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 12:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 12:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 28, 9:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service St Louis MO
928 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Hamel                   38.89N 89.84W
04/27/2026                   Madison            IL   Newspaper

            Large tree limb blown down onto house.

&&

Carney

Local storm report, Apr 28, 10:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1016 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0620 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Medora                  39.18N 90.14W
04/27/2026                   Macoupin           IL   Emergency Mngr

            Shed collapsed.

&&

Carney

Local storm report, Apr 28, 11:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1104 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0810 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Ellington               37.24N 90.97W
04/27/2026                   Reynolds           MO   Law Enforcement

            Trees blown down in Ellington.

&&

Carney

Local storm report, Apr 28, 11:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1124 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0835 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Centralia               38.52N 89.13W
04/27/2026                   Marion             IL   Emergency Mngr

            Power poles and tree damage.

&&

Carney

Local storm report, Apr 28, 12:18 PM CDT, 2 hours before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles	51 min
Apr 27, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	City of Saint Louis	63 min
Apr 27, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Washington	48 min
Apr 27, 7:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	102 min
Apr 27, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Reynolds	25 min
Apr 27, 8:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington	29 min
Apr 27, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Reynolds	40 min
Apr 27, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois	32 min
Apr 27, 10:37 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Marion	37 hr
Apr 27, 10:37 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Marion	56 hr
Apr 28, 3:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Cole	41 hr
Apr 28, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Saint Charles	6 days
Apr 28, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Jefferson	4 days
Apr 28, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Saint Charles	5 days
Apr 28, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	5 days
Apr 27, 7:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Montgomery	5 hr
Apr 27, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Fayette, Montgomery	38 min
Apr 27, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe	51 min
Apr 27, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Marion	55 min
Apr 27, 7:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Clinton, Saint Clair	38 min
Apr 27, 7:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Madison	4 hr
Apr 27, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington	64 min
Apr 27, 7:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Fayette	6 hr
Apr 27, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LSX	Clinton, Fayette, Marion	45 min
Apr 27, 8:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Bond	6 hr
Apr 27, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Washington	37 min
Apr 27, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Marion	17 min
Apr 27, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph	30 min
Apr 27, 11:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Macoupin	4 hr
Apr 28, 12:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Montgomery	6 hr
Apr 28, 1:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Fayette	6 hr
Apr 28, 7:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Fayette	12 hr
Apr 28, 11:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Brown	25 hr
Apr 28, 11:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Morgan, Pike	4 days

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.