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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
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)

Available report sources

 * 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

 * 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
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.

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