Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS St. Louis, MO

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
555 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024

MOC071-183-189-012345-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-240401T2345Z/
St. Charles MO-Franklin MO-St. Louis MO-
555 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR ST. CHARLES...EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND WEST CENTRAL ST. LOUIS
COUNTIES...

At 555 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dutzow, moving
east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
O'Fallon, St. Charles, St. Peters, Chesterfield, Wildwood, Ballwin,
Wentzville, Maryland Heights, Manchester, Creve Coeur, Lake St.
Louis, Washington, Dardenne Prairie, Town and Country, Eureka,
Ellisville, Des Peres, Valley Park, Weldon Spring, and Fenton.

This also includes Babler Memorial State Park and Castlewood State
Park.
 
This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 44 in Missouri between exits 272 and 274.
 Interstate 70 in Missouri between exits 210 and 229.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for southwestern
Illinois...and east central Missouri.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3852 9046 3851 9099 3855 9099 3855 9097
      3877 9096 3888 9060 3887 9058 3887 9055
      3891 9050
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 255DEG 32KT 3860 9096 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

Pfahler

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
602 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024

MOC071-183-189-012345-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-240401T2345Z/
St. Charles MO-Franklin MO-St. Louis MO-
602 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ST. CHARLES...EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND WEST CENTRAL
ST. LOUIS COUNTIES...

At 602 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Augusta, moving
east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
O'Fallon, St. Charles, St. Peters, Chesterfield, Wildwood, Ballwin,
Maryland Heights, Manchester, Creve Coeur, Washington, Dardenne
Prairie, Town and Country, Ellisville, Des Peres, Valley Park, Weldon
Spring, Fenton, Cottleville, Clarkson Valley, and Spirit of St. Louis
Airport.

This also includes Babler Memorial State Park and Castlewood State
Park.
 
This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 44 in Missouri between exits 272 and 274.
 Interstate 70 in Missouri between exits 222 and 229.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for east central
Missouri.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3852 9097 3855 9097 3871 9096 3884 9049
      3853 9046
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 259DEG 34KT 3861 9087 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

Pfahler

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
613 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024

MOC071-183-189-012345-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-240401T2345Z/
St. Charles MO-Franklin MO-St. Louis MO-
613 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ST. CHARLES...NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND WEST CENTRAL
ST. LOUIS COUNTIES...

At 612 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Defiance,
moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
O'Fallon, St. Charles, St. Peters, Chesterfield, Wildwood, Ballwin,
Maryland Heights, Manchester, Creve Coeur, Dardenne Prairie, Town and
Country, Ellisville, Des Peres, Valley Park, Weldon Spring,
Cottleville, Clarkson Valley, Spirit of St. Louis Airport,
Winchester, and New Melle.

This also includes Babler Memorial State Park.
 
This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri between exits 227 and 229.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for east central
Missouri.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3855 9087 3871 9089 3881 9049 3856 9046
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 259DEG 34KT 3863 9075 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Pfahler

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
630 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024

MOC071-012340-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-240401T2345Z/
Franklin MO-
630 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for east central
Missouri.

&&

LAT...LON 3858 9067 3873 9071 3878 9049 3859 9046
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 262DEG 31KT 3865 9056 

$$

MOC183-189-012345-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-240401T2345Z/
St. Charles MO-St. Louis MO-
630 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL ST. CHARLES AND WEST CENTRAL ST. LOUIS COUNTIES...

At 630 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Chesterfield,
moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
O'Fallon, St. Charles, St. Peters, Chesterfield, Wildwood, Ballwin,
Maryland Heights, Manchester, Creve Coeur, Town and Country,
Ellisville, Des Peres, Weldon Spring, Cottleville, Clarkson Valley,
Spirit of St. Louis Airport, Winchester, Weldon Spring Heights, and
Harvester.

This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri near exit 229.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for east central
Missouri.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3858 9067 3873 9071 3878 9049 3859 9046
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 262DEG 31KT 3865 9056 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Pfahler

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Saint Louis MO
319 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Severe thunderstorms will impact the region late this evening
  into tonight. Thunderstorms will initially pose a large to very-
  large hail threat along with a few tornadoes. The hail threat
  decreases this evening when storms form a line, but the wind and
  tornado threat remains very real.

- Training thunderstorms will lead to heavy rainfall and threaten
  localized flash flooding in northeast Missouri and west-central
  Illinois through Tuesday morning. A Flood Watch will remain in
  effect until 7am Tuesday.

- A period of cooler than normal temperatures is forecast late
  Tuesday through at least Friday night. Light freezes are
  possible (20-50%) each night beginning Wednesday night.

&&

.SHORT TERM...  (Through Late Tuesday Night)
Issued at 308 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024

Regional surface analysis depicts a warm front extending from a
surface low entering far northwest Missouri east-southeast through
Kirksville, MO into central Illinois. In the expansive open warm
sector, warm and humid southerly flow is promoting increased
surface-based instability. The analysis also shows slightly
backed winds on the warm side of the boundary, where that BL-
rooted instability is intensifying. Along and directly south of
the front, showers and embedded thunderstorms are streaming into
the region from the southwest. Satellite imagery is showing
persistent clearing of earlier cirrus clouds, which will further
destabilize the boundary layer into the afternoon. Large-scale
lift and forcing is also becoming more established over the
central Great Plains, with diffluent flow and favorable upper-
level jet dynamics now overhead to promote convection. In this
region, severe convection is now occurring.

The entire region is now enveloped within the warm sector, aided
by the clearing skies to the south increasing the temperature
gradient. An 18Z sounding launched by the University of Missouri
in Columbia, MO shows mid-level lapse rates (7-7.5C/km) above a
shallow but noteworthy inversion around 850mb. With tremendous
synoptic forcing approaching the region, and sufficient
instability building, there is little doubt that severe weather
will impact the region late this afternoon into the early
overnight hours. While the inversion is concerning for surface-
based development, large-scale ascent is approaching the region
and will most likely cool the mid-levels and erode the capping.
CAMs still initiate deep convection in the 4pm-6pm timeframe along
and ahead of the attendant cold front in the central Great
Plains. Deep-layer shear vectors are still at a favorable angle
with respect to the forcing to promote discrete supercells or
supercell clusters in the warm sector. While large to very large
hail as large as baseballs, are the predominant threat in
central/northeast Missouri and west- central Illinois, I am
concerned about the backed winds across central Missouri (evident
in regional surface observations and the Mizzou sounding). If
surface-based convection can be realized while remaining
discrete, a tornado threat is very tangible this afternoon/early
evening in that corridor.

In addition, the west-southwest/east-northeast orientation of the
convection and storm motions will result in numerous thunderstorms
passing over the same place in a short period of time. HREF
probability-matched means places a few maxima of 3.00" of rain
across northern Missouri to central Illinois along this axis. In
Missouri, while ponding and rises on tributaries can be expected,
flash flooding should be held in check thanks to dry ground. In
Illinois, however, flash flood guidance is lower and the threat for
impacts is higher. As such, a Flood Watch was issued from now until
7am Tuesday.

Around sunset, a northern stream shortwave amidst the broader upper-
level trough will dig into the region. That feature and an
intensifying low-level jet will conspire to alter the deep-layer
and 0-3km shear parameters enough to promote upscale growth. At
this point, the coverage of severe thunderstorms will likely
become more widespread as an MCS blossoms. From then until about
2am-4am Tuesday, the threat for very large hail wanes with more
organized linear convection, though does not disappear, and a
damaging wind/tornado threat persists. If the MCS resembles what
CAMs currently depict, 0-3km shear vectors relative to this line
will be favorable for QLCS tornadogenesis. This threat will need
to be closely monitored, especially across the Ozarks, southeast
Missouri, and southern Illinois. Fortunately, the linear mode will
help advance the convection more quickly through the region. By
4am, the threat for severe convection will end for the night.

Tuesday will be cold and windy with another northern stream wave
diving quickly south into the region and helping further amplify the
larger trough. Additional showers and a few thunderstorms look more
likely (60-70%) than a few days ago during the day Tuesday in the
northern forecast area closer to the synoptic ascent and surface
low. While initially there were some concerns for stronger
thunderstorms ahead of the front, instability looks more meager now
than 24 hours ago and won't be conducive for stronger updrafts.
The low ejects north Tuesday evening with the upper-level trough
well- established and cut off from the steering flow. That places
us squarely in cyclonic northerly flow aloft, allowing for lows to
fall near-freezing for most of the region by early Wednesday
morning.

MRB

&&

.LONG TERM...  (Wednesday through Next Monday)
Issued at 308 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024

Very little change to the extended forecast was made due to the
impending severe weather. Cyclonic flow aloft on Wednesday will
spark additional precipitation east of the Mississippi River. While
some guidance is hinting at a few snowflakes mixing into any rain,
the threat of any of them reaching the ground is near-zero. Colder
air will settle in place, threatening a frost (and potentially a
freeze) mid-week, with a gradual warmup forecast as upper-level
ridging re-establishes across the central CONUS. Omega blocking will
keep this pattern in place through Friday before a strong shortwave
in a western CONUS trough ejects into the Great Plains. The timing
and amplitude of this feature is still highly uncertain, but
presents a threat for showers and a few thunderstorms in the western
forecast area on Sunday. The threat for at least some rain weakens
into Monday, though at least some clouds may still linger. That
said, it is far too soon to accurately predict cloud cover for the
impending solar eclipse given this pattern.

MRB

&&

.AVIATION...  (For the 18z TAFs through 18z Tuesday Afternoon)
Issued at 1212 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024

A warm front is now lifted north of the St. Louis and central
Missouri terminals, and will soon approach KUIN and stall around
there. Thunderstorms are now impacting KUIN, and other terminals
will soon be under a threat for strong thunderstorms and lower
CIGs. The best, most tangible threat for thunderstorms will exist
late this afternoon and evening at the terminals. MVFR CIGs will
impact the terminals in addition to gusty winds and lightning.
Hail, heavy downpours, and reduced visibilities will also cause
aviation issues, but in a more localized sense at first. The
storms amalgamate into a line this evening and dive south
overnight.

A cold front will then traverse the region tomorrow morning,
sending winds out of the west and drawing at least MVFR CIGs back
to the terminals. There is a threat for additional showers and
thunderstorms with the front itself, but confidence in this is not
high at this time.

MRB

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...None.
IL...Flood Watch through Tuesday morning for Bond IL-Calhoun IL-
     Fayette IL-Greene IL-Jersey IL-Macoupin IL-Montgomery IL-
     Pike IL.

&&

WFO LSX

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service St Louis MO
251 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-022000-
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-Saint Clair IL-Monroe IL-Knox MO-
Lewis MO-Shelby MO-Marion MO-Monroe MO-Ralls MO-Pike MO-Boone MO-
Audrain MO-Moniteau MO-Cole MO-Osage MO-Callaway MO-Montgomery MO-
Lincoln MO-Gasconade MO-Warren MO-Saint Charles MO-Franklin MO-
Saint Louis MO-Saint Louis City MO-Jefferson MO-Crawford MO-
Washington MO-Saint Francois MO-Sainte Genevieve MO-Iron MO-
Madison MO-Reynolds MO-
251 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of eastern and
central Missouri as well as west central and southwest Illinois.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Thunderstorms are expected through early Tuesday. The strongest
storms this afternoon/night could become severe with large hail,
damaging winds, and tornadoes all possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

There is a chance of thunderstorms Tuesday across the area.

There is a low chance of thunderstorms Sunday across the area.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed.

MRB