Severe Thunderstorm Warning 502, NWS St. Louis, MO

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
650 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006

.DISCUSSION...
THE 12Z SHORT-TERM MODELS (TIL MONDAY)...A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES
WILL BREAK THE H500 HI THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE THE PAST FEW
DAYS...LEADING TO A DEVELOPING TROF OVER ERN NOAM AND RIDGE OVER
WRN NOAM. THE FIRST SHORTWAVE...IS ACTUALLY AN OLD MCV DRIVING
ACROSS NRN MO AND WILL PUSH THRU THE NRN FA THIS EVENING. OTHERS
WILL FOLLOW LATER ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. AT THE
SFC...STATIONARY FRONT OVER SRN IA WITH ITS RESULTANT OUTFLOW
DRAPED ACROSS AREAS JUST S OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR WILL CONTINUE THRU
THIS EVENING...BEFORE CDFNT APPROACHING FROM THE NW WILL PUSH INTO
MO LATER TONIGHT...ARRIVING AT THE NWRN CORNER OF THE FA EARLY ON
SATURDAY. THIS CDFNT WILL THEN PUSH THRU THE FA ON SATURDAY...AND
SLOW DOWN ALONG SRN MO/SRN IL FROM SATURDAY NIGHT ON. HI PRES THEN
BUILDS IN FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. GFS STANDS ALONE ON DEVELOPING
FRONTAL WAVE EARLY SUNDAY AND SLOWLY PROPAGATING IT E ON MONDAY.
REJECTED THIS SOLUTION FOR NOW.

FOR TONIGHT...LOOK FOR DISORGANIZED CONVECTION ACROSS THE ERN
OZARKS TO FADE EARLY THIS EVENING...WHILE FOCUS WILL SHIFT NWD
WITH MCV ACROSS THE NRN FA AND MORE SFC-BASED CONVECTION ALONG THE
MO SIDE OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR. THINGS ARE EXPECTED TO START TO
SETTLE DOWN FROM LATE EVENING ON...WITH THE BULK OF THE PCPN
THREAT BEING FROM I-70 NWD. DUE TO W-E ORIENTED OR EXPECTED
ORIENTED CONVECTION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL A POSSIBILITY FOR
AREAS IN THE NRN FA THIS PERIOD. STAYED CLOSE TO MOS ON MIN TEMPS.

FOR SATURDAY...KEPT CHANCE CATEGORY POPS THIS PERIOD AS IT LOOKS
TO BE VERY DISORGANIZED IN THE MORNING...AS CDFNT STARTS PUSH INTO
FA. BY AFTERNOON...LOOK FOR BEST CHANCES TO ONCE AGAIN BE ALONG
THE I-70 CORRIDOR AS WELL AS AREAS TO THE S. BELIEVE ABUNDANT
CLOUD COVER THIS PERIOD FOR MOST AREAS WILL KEEP TEMPS FROM
RUNNING AWAY...AND WENT BELOW MOS TEMPS IN THE N DUE TO BEING POST
FRONTAL FROM THE START...AND ON THE HIGH SIDE OF MOS ELSEWHERE DUE
TO ITS HISTORY OF SHOOTING LOW ON RESULTANT MAXES.

FOR SUNDAY/MONDAY...ONLY HELD ON TO A SMALL SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A
POP ON SUNDAY IN THE S...OTHERWISE DRY...DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES WITH
REGARDS TO WHERE THE FRONT WILL END UP...BUT SHOULD PUSH
COMPLETELY S OF THE FA BY SUNDAY NIGHT. MOS BLEND GENERALLY
ACCEPTED...ALTHOUGH LEANED ON THE HIGH SIDE FOR MAXES.

FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD (MONDAY NIGHT - FRIDAY)...MODELS ARE IN
REASONABLE AGREEMENT ON THE H500 PATTERN...WITH DEEPENING TROF
EXPECTED OVER ERN NOAM DURING MID WEEK AS RIDGE AMPLIFIES IN THE W.
BY LATE WEEK...IT APPEARS A RETROGRADING OF THE OVERALL PATTERN WILL
TAKE PLACE...AS RIDGE AXIS OVER WRN NOAM SLIDES INTO THE ERN PAC
WITH TROF BACKPEDALING INTO CNTRL NOAM.  THIS WILL RESULT IN PUTTING
THE EXTREME HEAT IN CHECK WITH SEASONABLE TEMPS FOR LATE AUGUST.
MAIN PCPN CHANCES WILL REVOLVE AROUND CDFNT EXPECTED TO PASS THRU
DURING MID WEEK. MODELS HAVE HAD THEIR DIFFERENCES WITH REGARDS TO
TIMING...BUT SEEM TO HAVE A MUCH BETTER CONSENSUS NOW WITH EXPECTED
FROPA DURING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. FOR NOW HAVE JUST
PLACED SLIGHT CHANCES IN AS TIMING OF DAY NOT IDEAL...AND FRONT
EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT PUSHES THRU THE FA.

TES

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.AVIATION...
FOR THE 00Z TAFS...CONVECTION IS BECOME INCREASINGLY ORGANIZED OVR
CENTRAL MISSOURI TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF KCOU. THIS ACTIVITY
APPEARS TO BE TRACKING INVOF OF AN OLD OUTFLOW BNDRY. THE WSWLY
LLJ IS EXPECTED TO RAMP UP THIS EVENING AND WITH A COORIDOOR OF
UNSTABLE AIR ALONG ITS PATH...ANTICIPATE THIS CONVECTION TO GROW
UPSCALE INTO AN MCS AND TRACK EWD PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAIN. TEMPO GROUPS IN THE NEW ISSUANCE REFLECT HIGHEST PROBABILITY
OF TSRA AT THE TAF SITE. SHRA AND TSRA COULD LINGER LONGER IF
SYSTEM GETS EAST-WEST ORIENTATION ALONG I-70 BUT CONFIDENCE IS
LOW ATTM. BNDRY/FRONT SHOULD MOVE SOUTH OF I-70 BY SATURDAY
MORNING WITH POTPOURRI OF CU AND MID CLOUD THRU THE DAY.

GLASS

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
329 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-191200-
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-
329 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 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 OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING
ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL MISSOURI AND MOVE
EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT BECOMES SEVERE WILL
BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY WILL TEND
TO MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION ON SATURDAY AND COME
TO AN END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT
EXITS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. SPOTTERS ARE ASKED
TO REPORT ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN SAINT LOUIS.

CVKING

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
756 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0734 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 N MEXICO              39.21N 91.87W
08/18/2006  E60 MPH          AUDRAIN            MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

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FGLASS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
758 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0725 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COLUMBIA                38.95N 92.33W
08/18/2006                   BOONE              MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE
            CITY.

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FGLASS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
804 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0748 PM     TSTM WND GST     BOWLING GREEN           39.34N 91.20W
08/18/2006  E60 MPH          PIKE               MO   CO-OP OBSERVER

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FGLASS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
818 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MEXICO                  39.17N 91.87W
08/18/2006                   AUDRAIN            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES...TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN.
            WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES WITHIN THE CITY.

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FGLASS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
822 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     AUXVASSE                39.02N 91.89W
08/18/2006                   CALLAWAY           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN.

0750 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S ASHBURN             39.50N 91.17W
08/18/2006                   PIKE               MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN AT ROUTE B AND HIGHWAY 79 BLOCKING THE ROAD.

0805 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BOWLING GREEN           39.34N 91.20W
08/18/2006                   PIKE               MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREES LIMBS DOWN.

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FGLASS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
825 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0820 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LOUISIANA               39.44N 91.06W
08/18/2006                   PIKE               MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN.

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FGLASS