1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 4, 2:45 PM CST, 9 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 345 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2001 WHAT A NICE DAY ACROSS THE MID MISS VLY RGN. LSTS SFC ANALYS SHOWS WK CD FNT EXTNG FM ERN LWR MI THRU NRN IN AND SW INTO FAR N MO. OUTFLOWS FM EARLIER CONVECTION CONTS TO BRNG NRLY FLW OF AIR ACRS E SCTNS OF MO. WK CD FNT SHULD CONT TO WK ITS WAY SWRD AND EXTD FM LWR OH VLY THRU S CNTRL MO AND THEN NWWRD INTO CNTRL NE. EVEN THOUGH SFCAPES ARE REACHNG 3000 J/KG OVR PARTS OF CNTRL THRU E MO SFC MSTR CONV REMAINS QUITE WK ALNG FNTL BNDRY TO OUR N. ALSO LSTST PROFILER PLOTS SHOW ULJ CORE EXTDNG FM NRN PLNS THRU ERN IA PLACES MUCH OF NRN AND CNTRL MO IN RIGHT EXIT RGN OF JET STREAK (RGN OF UL CONV). THUS WE WL ONLY MENTION 20% CHC OF TRW OVR CNTRL THRU S CNTRL MO FOR THS EVE. NOT MUCH CONFIDENCE IF ANY TRW WL DVLP OVR NE THRU E CNTRL MO AND EWRD INTO W CNTRL AND PART OF SW IL. WV IMAGERY SHOWS WK IMPLS OVR SRN MT BEGNG TO DROP SEWRD OVR RDG. EXPCT MCS TO DVLP MCS OVR WRN SD..NW NE AND MV SEWRD INTO CNTRL/ERN KS/FAR WRN MO..ALNG LL THETA-E AXIS IN RGN OF STG THETA-E ADVCTN. MCS SHULD REMAIN W OF CWA THUR MRNG. THUS WL NOT MENTION ANY CHC FOR PCPN OVR WRN ZNS FOR LTR AND THUR MRNG. WK SUBSDNCE FLW WL CONT TO WK ITS WAY OVR MUCH OF CWA LTR TNGT THRU THUR. IN LTR PRDS UPR LVL RDG BUILDS EWRD INTO MID-MISS VLY RGN (FRI AND SAT). ETA IS MUCH MORE AGRESSIVE IN PUSHING MUCH WRMR AIR ENEWRD ACRS NRN AND CNTRL SCTNS OF CWA ON HEELS OF STG LLJ. ETA HAS 24C AXIS EXTDNG INTO W IL BY 00 UTC SAT. STG WRM ADVCTN PTRN PLUS REL FLAT UPR LVL PTRN EXPTD WL KEEP MCS TRACK N MO ACRS IA INTO NRN IL. BOTH FWC/MAV TEMPS APPR TO BE A LTTL TOO COOL FOR THUR NIGHTS LOWS AND FRI/S HIGHS OVR NRN..CNTRL AND ERN PARTS OF CWA. WL RAISE THEM. ALSO EXTD GUID APPRS TO BE ON TRACK FOR SAT HIGH TEMPS OVR RGN WI MID 90S LIKELY. SERIES OF IMPLS/S WL BRNG CHC FOR PCPN MAINLY OVR NRN AND ERN SCTNS OF CWA ON SUN THRU MID PART OF NEXT WEEK. .STL...NONE. PRZYBYLINSKI
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management officials reported numerous trees and power lines down in the Alma area. One tree fell on a house and another on a car.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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