1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 2, 2:46 PM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 300 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003 .DISCUSSION... HIGH AMPLITUDE TROF TO PERSIST THRU 48 HRS OVR ERN U.S. WITH NEARLY NLY FLOW ALOFT OVR OUR AREA. GIHEMOUS RIDGE CONTINUES OVR WRN U.S. ENERGY RIDING OVR TOP OF RDG FALLS ACRS AREA AND WITH DWPTS STILL NR 70 AFTN LIS HV FALLEN TO MINUS 10 OVR CNTRL IL. LOOKS LIKE DRYER AIR WILL FILTER IN THRU 36 HR AND THAT SHUD QUIET THINGS DOWN A BIT FOR TMW AFTN AND EVE EXCEPT PSBLY IN EXTRM SRN PTN CWA. LTL CHG FOR REST OF FCST. TEMPS RMN LTL BLO NORMAL. && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...NONE. .IL...NONE. PEDIGO
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-031000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 715 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT AREA WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS. BESIDE THE THREAT OF STORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN RECEIVED FRIDAY ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE WILL BE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH OF THE AREA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT... HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/LSX (ALL LOWER CASE) JPK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
524 PM CDT SAT AUG 02 2003
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0441 PM WHITE HALL IL 0.75 INCH HAIL
08/02/03 GREENE REPORTED BY GREENE COUNTY
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Amateur radio spotters reported large tree limbs and power lines down in Portage Des Sioux.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, August 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5377295.