Missouri, 2004

Cold in Missouri, January 5 to 6, 2004

January 5 to 6, 2004 · NWS LSX · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Temperatures dropping into the single digits along with 10 to 20 mph winds produced wind chill readings from 15 to 20 below zero.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.

Temperatures dropping into the single digits along with 10 to 20 mph winds produced wind chill readings from 15 to 20 below zero.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jan 5, 9:30 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 9:30 PM CST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
930 PM CST MON JAN 5 2004

.DISCUSSION...
WITH TEMPS DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BLO ZERO...AND WITH WINDS
IN THE 10-15 KT RANGE...IT LKS LIKE WCI WL JUST GET LO ENUF FOR A
LONG ENUF PD TO WARRANT THE ISSUANCE OF A WIND CHILL ADVSRY FOR OUR
FAR N COUNTIES.  WL RUN THE ADVSRY INTO TUE MRNG TO HIGHLIGHT THRT
TO MORNING COMMUTERS/CHILDREN HEADING TO SCHOOL.  THANKS TO
EAX....DVN...SGF...AND ILX FOR GOOD COORD.

OTRW AND ELSW...GOING FCSTS STILL ON TRACK...WITH BACK EDGE OF
ST/FLRYS SCHD TO EXIT FAR SE COUNTIES BY APPROX 06Z.

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...WIND CHILL ADVSRY THRU 15Z TUE KNOX...LEWIS...SHELBY...MARION
IL...WIND CHILL ADVSRY THRU 15Z TUE ADAMS...BROWN

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

4 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Cold/Wind Chill, Knox

When
January 5, 10:00 PM CST to January 6, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Knox forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
40.128, -92.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Lewis

When
January 5, 10:00 PM CST to January 6, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Lewis forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
40.097, -91.722 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Marion

When
January 5, 10:00 PM CST to January 6, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Marion forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.806, -91.622 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Shelby

When
January 5, 10:00 PM CST to January 6, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Shelby forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.798, -92.077 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Cold/Wind Chill
Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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: 5381810, 5381811, 5381812, 5381813.