Hail, Adams
- When
- February 28, 10:53 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County, Quincy
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -91.400
Hail in Illinois, February 28, 2007
A warm front extended from a strong surface low west of Columbia, Missouri to just south of St. Louis and across Southern Illinois.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
A warm front extended from a strong surface low west of Columbia, Missouri to just south of St. Louis and across Southern Illinois. Unseasonably warm, moist, and unstable air was moving north towards central Missouri while cooler moist air was present north of the warm front. This helped to trigger severe thunderstorms along and north of the warm front, including a severe bow echo system. The storms began to develop during the evening hours of February 28th and persisted into the late morning hours of March 1st.
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 Feb 28, 9:08 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 9:08 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
908 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007
.UPDATE...
THRU MIDN MAIN ACTION SHUD CONT ALG/N OF SFC WRMFNT...WHICH
CURRENTLY RUNS FROM JUST N OF KCOU...THRU KSTL AREA...TO NR KSAR.
AREA OF STORMS OVR NW/NCNTRL MO WL CONT TO EXPAND INTO OUR N
AREAS...AND THINK THAT WE CULD SEE SM DVLPMT AS FAR E AS A KSTL-
KSPI OVR NXT FEW HRS AS LO LVL JET CONTS TO RAMP UP. OBVIOUSLY...MAIN
TORNADIC THRT WL RMN NR WRM FNTL BNDRY...WITH HAIL THE MAIN THRT
WITH THE ELEVATED STORMS THAT FORM FURTHER N OF THE WRMFNT.
STILL WAITING FOR CNVTN TO INITIATE S OF SFC LO OVR SE KS/SW
MO...WHICH SHUD BE THE STORMS THAT WL AFFECT OUR S AREAS LTR TNGT.
TRUETT
&&
.DISCUSSION...
MAIN FCST CONCERN FOR SHORT TERM IS POTENTIAL OF SVR STORMS TONIGHT
INTO THURS. MDLS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH SYNOPTIC FEATURES FOR
THIS SYSTEM. SFC LOW OVER TX PANHANDLE WILL STRENGTHEN AND MOVE NEWD
INTO NE MO BY 12Z THU..THEN INTO NE IA BY 00Z FRI. ASSOCIATED CDFNT
WILL QUICKLY PROPAGATE ACROSS THE CWA FROM ABOUT 10Z THRU 19Z
THURSDAY...ENDING THE BULK OF THE PRECIP AND BRINGING IN A COLD
AIRMASS BEHIND THE FNT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT...HOWEVER COVERAGE AND AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIMITED.
SPC HAS UPGRADED RISK TO MODERATE FOR CENTRAL MO TONIGHT...THEN
MODERATE FOR ENTIRE CWA BEGINNING 12Z THU. STRONG WAA AND NEGATIVELY
TILTED TROF WITH APPROACHING SYSTEM WILL SUPPORT ELEVATED TSRA
TONIGHT. GFS AND NAM CONTINUE TO SHOW ELEVATED PRECIP BEGINNING
AROUND 03Z TONIGHT. MUCAPE PROGD 500 TO 1100 J/KG AND OVER 60 KTS OF
0-6 KM BULK SHEAR SHOULD SUPPORT HAIL GROWTH WITH INITIAL ROUND OF
ELEVATED CONVECTION.
THEN WILL SEE MAIN AREA OF CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH FRONTAL
BOUNDARY...FIRE UP OVER WRN MO BY 11Z...THEN QUICKLY SLIDE EAST
ACROSS THE STATE AS DEEP-LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES ARE STRONGLY
FAVORABLE FOR BOWS AND SUPERCELLS. SO COULD SEE TORNADOES AND
DAMAGING WINDS WITH THIS ROUND OF ACTIVITY.
ONE OTHER CONCERN WILL BE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS SYSTEM...AS
GROUND OVER CWA REMAINS SATURATED/PARTIALLY FROZEN. EXPECT OVER AN
INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS...DESPITE FAST MOVEMENT OF SYSTEM. SO WILL
ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS NORTH OF A CRAWFORD COUNTY MO TO
RANDOLPH COUNTY IL LINE FROM 00Z TONIGHT TO 00Z FRIDAY.
ONCE FRONT EXITS AREA...WILL SEE TEMPS DROP WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN
CHANGING OVER TO LIGHT SNOW. ALSO...WILL SEE WINDS PICKUP AS WELL
WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES ON THURSDAY...BEFORE SLOWLY
TAPERING OFF ON FRIDAY.
AS FOR REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...VERY FEW CHANGES TO FCST. HAVE
KEPT FCST DRY ATTM WITH RIDGE MOVING INTO AREA. GFS CONTINUES TO
SHOW A CDFNT MOVING INTO AREA ON TUE. HOWEVER...AM KEEPING FCST DRY
DUE TO INCONSISTENCIES.
BYRD
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 00Z TAFS...MAIN STORY WITH THIS TAF SET WILL BE SEVERE WX
POTENTIAL AND TRYING TO ISOLATE THE TIMING TO THE BEST MOST LIKELY
PERIODS. PREVIOUS TAF SET SEEMS TO HAVE THINGS WELL IN HAND AND
ONLY TWEAKED A FEW ITEMS SUCH AS ONSET OF PREVAILING MVFR CIGS AND
INCREASED THE WINDS BEHIND THE DRY LINE AND CDFNT. APPEARS THERE
WILL BE TWO MAIN EPISODES...WITH THE FIRST EXPECTED LATE THIS
EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT...AND THE STRONGER SECOND EPISODE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE DRY LINE AND CDFNT AS IT PUSHES THRU LATE
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS EXPECTED BEHIND CDFNT
FOR THURSDAY...WITH SUSTAINED SFC WNDS AOA 20KTS EXPECTED.
TES
&&
.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR AUDRAIN-BOONE-
CALLAWAY-COLE-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-JEFFERSON-KNOX-LEWIS-
LINCOLN-MARION-MONITEAU-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-OSAGE-PIKE-RALLS-
SHELBY-ST. CHARLES-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-WARREN.
IL...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ADAMS IL-BOND IL-
BROWN IL-CALHOUN IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-GREENE IL-JERSEY
IL-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MARION IL-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY IL-
PIKE IL-ST. CLAIR IL-WASHINGTON IL.
&&
WFO LSXHazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 4:00 PM CST, 6 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 400 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ILZ095>097-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-011200- ADAMS IL-BROWN-KNOX-LEWIS-MARION-MONROE-PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-SHELBY- 400 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 600 PM THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TONIGHT IS LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH AN INCREASING THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES LATE TONIGHT. AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH A LARGE HAIL THREAT ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...MOST LIKELY DURING THE LATER HALF OF THE EVENING. LATE TONIGHT...SOME SEVERE STORMS OVER WESTERN MISSOURI MAY MOVE INTO THE AREA WITH A GREATER SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL... GUSTY WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM COULD RESULT IN NEW OR CONTINUED RIVER FLOODING AS WELL AS FLOODING ON SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS. SEE THE MOST RECENT FLOOD PRODUCTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST. LOUIS FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY MORNING WITH SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF THE DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ATTENDANT COLD FRONT. THIS LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS. STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM CENTER AND COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-098>102-MOZ041-042-047>052-059>065- 011200- AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-CLINTON IL-COLE-FAYETTE IL- FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL-JEFFERSON-JERSEY IL-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL- MADISON IL-MARION IL-MONITEAU-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY-MONTGOMERY IL- OSAGE-ST CHARLES-ST CLAIR IL-ST LOUIS-ST LOUIS CITY-WARREN- WASHINGTON IL- 400 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 600 PM THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE REGION...WITH A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TONIGHT IS LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH AN INCREASING THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT. AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH A LARGE HAIL THREAT ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...MOST LIKELY DURING THE LATER HALF OF THE EVENING...AND PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A BROKEN LINE OF SEVERE STORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS IS EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE AFTER MIDNIGHT IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES WILL THEN MOVE INTO MIDDLE MISSOURI SOMETIME BETWEEN 300 AM AND 600 AM. RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM COULD RESULT IN NEW OR CONTINUED RIVER FLOODING AS WELL AS FLOODING ON SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS. SEE THE MOST RECENT FLOOD PRODUCTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST. LOUIS FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE TORNADOES COULD BE STRONG WITH LONG TRACKS. A MIX MODE OF SEVERE WEATHER FEATURING BOTH A RAPIDLY MOVING SQUALL LINE AND DISCRETE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI AT DAWN ON THURSDAY...MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING...AND BE LOCATED IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM CENTER AND COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. ILZ079-MOZ072>075-084-085-099-011200- CRAWFORD-IRON-MADISON-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-ST FRANCOIS-STE GENEVIEVE- WASHINGTON- 400 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE REGION...WITH A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TONIGHT IS LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH AN INCREASING THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES LATE TONIGHT. AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH A LARGE HAIL THREAT ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...MOST LIKELY DURING THE LATER HALF OF THE EVENING...AND PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A BROKEN LINE OF SEVERE STORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS IS EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE AFTER MIDNIGHT IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES WILL THEN MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BETWEEN 300 AM AND 600 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE TORNADOES COULD BE STRONG WITH LONG TRACKS. A MIX MODE OF SEVERE WEATHER FEATURING BOTH A RAPIDLY MOVING SQUALL LINE AND DISCRETE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI AT DAWN ON THURSDAY...MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING...AND BE LOCATED IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM CENTER AND COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. GLASS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 5:50 PM CST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 550 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-010200- ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-CLINTON IL- COLE-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL-IRON-JEFFERSON- JERSEY IL-KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON-MADISON IL-MARION- MARION IL-MONITEAU-MONROE-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY-MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE- PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-SHELBY-ST CHARLES- ST CLAIR IL-ST FRANCOIS-ST LOUIS-ST LOUIS CITY-STE GENEVIEVE-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IL- 550 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY... WEATHER DATA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CONTINUES TO SUGGEST A VERY REAL THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATER TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH THE EXACT TIMING AND EVOLUTION OF THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN...IT DOES APPEAR THAT THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING THREAT OF TORNADOES AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH THIS THREAT CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI...AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...SHOULD NOT TAKE THIS THREAT LIGHTLY. IT MAY SEEM IT IS STILL TOO EARLY IN THE YEAR FOR TORNADOES SINCE THE CALENDAR STILL SAYS LATE FEBRUARY...BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT STRONG AND VIOLENT TORNADOES HAVE OCCURRED DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR. ALSO...MOST PEOPLE CONSIDER THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THE TIME FOR THE GREATEST THUNDERSTORM THREAT...SO THE TIMING OF TONIGHTS SEVERE WEATHER MAY SEEM A BIT UNUSUAL. HOWEVER... SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES HAVE OCCURRED DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EARLY SPRING. THEREFORE...DO NOT LET THE TIMING OF TONIGHTS STORMS LULL YOU INTO A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...AND ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS...AND CABLE TV OUTLETS. DO NOT RELY SOLELY ON OUTDOOR SIRENS TO BE INFORMED THEY MAY NOT BE LOUD ENOUGH TO WAKE YOU. UPDATED FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX. TRUETT
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 9:35 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 935 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-010600- 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-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX-LEWIS- SHELBY-MARION-MONROE-RALLS-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU-COLE-OSAGE- CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN-ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN- ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON- ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE-IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... CHESTER...QUINCY...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...HANNIBAL... BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA...MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY...ST CHARLES... UNION...ST LOUIS...FARMINGTON 935 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY... WEATHER DATA CONTINUES TO SUGGEST A VERY REAL THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATER TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. THE TIMING AND EVOLUTION OF THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS STARTING TO BECOME MORE CLEAR...WITH A PRIMARILY LARGE HAIL AND FLOOD THREAT FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70...AND PRIMARILY A DAMAGING WIND THREAT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THE TIMING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND EXPAND EASTWARD THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...WITH THE ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO END IN CENTRAL MISSOURI BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS BY EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES FROM STORMS WILL BE INCREASING JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT AS WELL...AS SEVERAL STORMS IN WESTERN MISSOURI HAVE ALREADY BEEN TORNADIC AND ARE MOVING EAST. THIS ENHANCED TORNADIC THREAT FROM STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...MAINLY FOR AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70...BUT NOT NECESSARILY EXCLUSIVE TO THIS AREA AS WELL. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI...AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...SHOULD NOT TAKE THIS THREAT LIGHTLY. IT MAY SEEM IT IS STILL TOO EARLY IN THE YEAR FOR TORNADOES SINCE THE CALENDAR STILL SAYS LATE FEBRUARY...BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT STRONG AND VIOLENT TORNADOES HAVE OCCURRED DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR. ALSO...MOST PEOPLE CONSIDER THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THE TIME FOR THE GREATEST THUNDERSTORM THREAT...SO THE TIMING OF TONIGHTS SEVERE WEATHER MAY SEEM A BIT UNUSUAL. HOWEVER... SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES HAVE OCCURRED DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EARLY SPRING. THEREFORE...DO NOT LET THE TIMING OF TONIGHTS STORMS LULL YOU INTO A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...AND ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS...AND CABLE TV OUTLETS. DO NOT RELY SOLELY ON OUTDOOR SIRENS TO BE INFORMED THEY MAY NOT BE LOUD ENOUGH TO WAKE YOU. UPDATED FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX. TRUETT/TES
Local storm report, Feb 28, 10:32 PM CST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1032 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1010 PM HAIL SHELBINA 39.69N 92.04W
02/28/2007 E0.75 INCH SHELBY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
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TILLYThe radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:54 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kansas, February 28, 2007
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, February 28, 2007
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, February 28, 2007
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Washington, February 28, 2007
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, February 28, 2007
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in South Dakota, February 28, 2007
- High Wind in New Mexico, February 28, 2007
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, February 28, 2007
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, February 28, 2007
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, February 28, 2007
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, February 28, 2007
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, February 28, 2007
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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: 19242.