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A Local Storm Report or "LSR" is a product issued by the United States National Weather Service. Local Storm Reports contain information about a report of significant weather observed at a location, including the type and magnitude of weather observed, the time and date it was observed, the source of the report, and the number of fatalities and injuries known to have been caused by the event.
Format
[edit]NWaa5i Kccc DDHHMM LSRccc PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CITY STATE time am/pm time_zone day mon dd yyyy ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. hhmm qM EVENT DIST DIR CITY LL.LLd LLL.LLd MM/DD/YYYY EMAG UNIT COUNTY ST SOURCE *** # FATAL, # INJ *** OR REMARKS REMARKS CONTINUED FOR UP TO 500 CHARACTERS TOTAL && OPTIONAL FREE TEXT SUMMARY. $$ FORECASTER NAME/NUMBER (OPTIONAL)
Item | Description | Example(s) |
---|---|---|
hhmm qM | Time with hour, minute, and AM or PM | 0109 PM |
EVENT | Event type | TORNADO TSTM WIND GST |
DIST | Distance from city | 10 |
DIR | Direction from city | NW |
CITY | City name | NECHE |
LL.LLd | Latitude to 2 decimal places and direction | 38.31N |
LLL.LLd | Longitude to 2 decimal places and direction, no negative sign, no leading zero | 104.92W |
MM/DD/YYYY | Date: month/day/4-digit year, no leading zero on month | 8/22/2009 |
EMAG | Event magnitude value, led by determination method designator (E/M/U) for certain events | E2.5 M59 U6.50 EF4 |
UNIT | Units of the magnitude value | INCHES MPH |
COUNTY | County name | PEMBINA |
ST | State 2-letter postal abbreviation | ND |
SOURCE | Source of the report | TRAINED SPOTTER |
FATAL INJ | Numbers of fatalities and injuries, surrounded by 3 asterisks, separated by a comma, with spaces in between, at the beginning of the remarks section | *** 1 FATAL, 2 INJ *** *** 4 INJ *** |
Available report sources
[edit]- AIRPLANE PILOT
- AMATEUR RADIO
- ASOS
- AWOS
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- BUOY
- C-MAN STATION
- COAST GUARD
- CO-OP OBSERVER
- COUNTY OFFICIAL
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- EMERGENCY MNGR
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
- INSURANCE CO
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- MESONET
- NEWSPAPER
- NWS EMPLOYEE
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS
- OTHER FEDERAL
- PARK/FOREST SRVC
- POST OFFICE
- PUBLIC
- SHIP
- STORM CHASER
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- UNKNOWN
- UTILITY COMPANY
Available event types
[edit]- AVALANCHE
- BLIZZARD
- DENSE FOG
- DOWNBURST
- DROUGHT
- DUST STORM
- EXCESSIVE HEAT
- EXTREME COLD
- EXTR WIND CHILL
- FLASH FLOOD
- FLOOD
- FREEZE
- FREEZING RAIN
- FUNNEL CLOUD
- HAIL
- HEAVY RAIN
- HEAVY SNOW
- HIGH ASTR TIDES
- HIGH SUST WINDS
- HURRICANE
- ICE STORM
- LIGHTNING
- MARINE HAIL
- MARINE TSTM WIND
- NON-TSTM WND DMG
- NON-TSTORM WND GST
- RIP CURRENTS
- SEICHE
- SLEET
- SNOW
- STORM SURGE
- TORNADO
- TROPICAL STORM
- TSTM WND DMG
- TSTM WND GST
- WATER SPOUT
- WILDFIRE
Example
[edit]NWUS53 KSGF 242300 LSRSGF PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 559 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0541 PM TORNADO JOPLIN 37.08N 94.51W 05/22/2011 F5 JASPER MO NWS STORM SURVEY *** 122 FATAL, 750 INJ *** A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY REVEALED THAT AN EF-5 TORNADO IMPACTED A LARGE PORTION OF THE CITY OF JOPLIN. WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF 200 MPH. THE PATH WIDTH WAS ESTIMATED AT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE WIDE. && $$ WISE
References
[edit]- This article incorporates public domain material from National Weather Service Instruction 10-517 (PDF). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2012-02-07.