1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 2:45 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 345 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001 SHRP RDG CONTINUES FM ERN TX NWD WITH WIDE TROPICAL PLUME ROTATING AROUND EDGE FM ROCKIES INTO S.D. THEN BACK SEWD THRU MO/IL. PRECIPTL H20 NR 2 INCHES TDA WITH VRY UNSTABLE AMD OVR WRN HLF MO. TOYED HEAVILY WITH ISSUING FFA BUT STILL UNSURE WHERE IT WILL END UP. EARLY PCPN NOW THRU MKC-COU-WPS BUT MORE THAN ONE MCS COULD RAKE THRU AREA THRU FCST PD AND LOCATION VERY UNSURE. MENTIONED LCLLY HVY RAIN IN SVRL ZONES...PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT GOT LOTS OF RAIN EARLIER TODAY. HAV EXTENDED PCPN THRU SAT NIGHT AS PERSISTANT RDG WILL HOLD THRU THE WEEKEND. WENT WITH SUBSTANTIALLY HIER POPS THAN GUIDANCE IN ALL PERIODS AND LOWERD TEMPS A CATEGORY OR TWO ESPECIALLY NR MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .STL...NONE. PEDIGO
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-191700- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION TO WORDING AND TIMES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1015 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2001 THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. FOR THE PERIOD: TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE WEATHER OUTLOOK: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BROKEN OUT ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST. A COUPLE OF THESE HAVE ALREADY SHOWN SEVERE TENDENCIES. THESE AND OTHER STORMS WHICH FORM ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES LATER TODAY ALONG WITH THE VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER MISSOURI HAVE PROMPTED THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO EXPAND THE SEVERE THREAT TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE ST LOUIS FORECAST AREA. ILLINOIS HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE THE THREAT AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE IN THE VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. THE THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS WITH SOME LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. PEDIGO
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:09 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency Management officials reported several trees down in the southwest part of the city.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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