Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS St. Louis, MO

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 020836
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
235 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006

MOC113-020845-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060102T0845Z/
LINCOLN MO-
235 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CST
FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 229 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH OVER TROY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... 
DAVIS...NEW HOPE...ELSBERRY AND WHITESIDE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

LAT...LON 3893 9116 3887 9098 3904 9071 3922 9073
      3923 9107

$$

BRITT

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
216 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006

.DISCUSSION...
UNSEASONABLY WRM WX FOR THE START OF 2006. LATEST RUC ANLYS SHOWING
STG 800-600 MB WAA OVR CNTRL MO ON NOSE OF 45KT SWLY LLJ. PCPN
CHCS WILL INCR TGT AS MID-UPR LVL LOW OVR WRN KS AND ASSOCIATED
SFC LOW OVR OK PNHDL MOVS E-NEWD INTO CNTRL MO BY 12Z MON. HIGHER
850 MB DWPTS CONFINED TO THE GULF COAST REGION ON 12Z ANLYS BUT
THESE SHOULD BE SPREADING RAPIDLY NWD INTO ERN AND SRN PTNS OF THE
CWA BY LTR TGT AS STG 50 KT SWLY LLJ TRANSLATES E-NEWD INTO SERN
MO BY 06Z MON AHD OF 850 MB LOW. SFC DWPTS IN THE LWR 50S HAVE
ALREADY PUSHED NWD INTO MOST OF SRN MO ATTM. NAM MDL SHOWS
INSTABILITY INCRSG THIS EVNG WITH SFC LI VALUES DROPPING TO 0 TO
-2 OVR THE SRN PTN OF THE CWA BY 06Z MON AND -2 TO -5 FM STL SWD
BY 12Z MON IN AXIS OF BEST LOW LVL MOISTURE AHD OF CDFNT. APRS
THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL OF A FEW LOW TOPPED FAST MOVING SVR
STORMS OVR THE SERN PTN OF THE CWA LT THIS EVNG AND OVERNIGHT
WHERE THE MOST ABUNDANT LOW LVL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL
EXIST AHD OF THE CDFNT AND BELOW THE DRY SLOT. MDL TIME SECTIONS
INDICATE THAT THE MOISTURE WILL BE RELATIVELY SHALLOW MAINLY BLW
800 MB WITH DRY AIR AT 700 MB TGT BFR WRPARND TYPE MOISTURE MOVS
SEWD THRU MOST OF THE CWA BY LT MRNG AND EARLY AFTN BHND LOW.
THERE MAY ALSO BE A POTENTIAL OF TSRA ACRS THE NRN PTN OF THE CWA
AS WELL LTR TGT INTO MON MRNG ALNG AND JUST N OF THE WRMFNT EXTDG
FM THE SFC LOW IN CNTRL MO E THRU CNTRL IL AT 12Z MON. POTENTIAL
FOR CONVECTION SHOULD END BY 18Z MON AS SFC LOW MOVS E-NE OF STL
WITH DRIER SFC DWPTS ADVCTG SEWD THRU CWA. MAY BE LINGERING LGT
RAIN MAINLY OVR THE NERN PTN OF THE CWA DRNG THE AFTN HRS N OF
MID LVL LOW. SHOULD NOT SEE MUCH OF A DIURNAL RISE IN TEMPS OVR
NRN AND CNTRL MO TOMORROW WITH LTL IF ANY SOLAR INSOLATION...PCPN
AND AT LEAST WK CAA DURING THE AFTN. QUIET WX ON TUE AS MID-UPR
LVL RDG PUSHES EWD OVR REGION WITH WK SFC RDG AT SFC. MAY BE A CHC
OF LGT RN LT TUE NGT AND WED AHD OF NW FLOW SHRTWV TROF AND
ASSOCIATED CDFNT ALTHOUGH IT APRS MOST OF THE PCPN WILL BE NE OF
THE CWA CLOSER TO THE SFC LOW.

&&

.AVIATION...
ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 15TH...WFO ST LOUIS WILL BEGIN ISSUING AN
AVIATION DISCUSSION WITH EVERY SCHEDULED ISSUANCE OF TERMINAL
AERODROME FORECASTS.

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
&&

GKS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
350 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-021200-
ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN IL-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-
350 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA.  THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...WITH
SOMEWHAT LESSER CHANCES FOR DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE WILL BE A CONTINUING CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY MORNING
FOR AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA.  AT THIS
TIME...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TES