1 flash flood, 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 Nov 10, 3:45 AM CST, 8 hours 25 minutes earlier.
FXUS63 KLSX 100945 AFDSTL AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 345 AM CST SUN NOV 10 2002 PROBS THIS PKG TO BE CHCS FOR PCPN TDA AND TEMPS. UA PTTN CONTS PROGRESSIVE WITH SVRL S/WVS CROSSING FA DURG PD. 50H FLOW FM SW WL BCM NWLY WITH NXT STGR TROF ACRS RGN BY 36H. L/W TROF DVLPS OVR CTRL US WITH 50H RDG BLDG OVR WRN US. ETA FASTER WITH THIS PTTN BY 48H AND BYND. RDG IS ADVCTD E BY ERLY IN XTNDD AND NLY FLOW SHARPENS OVR RGN AS 50H LO CUTS OFF OVR SE US BY WED. AT LWR LVLS HIER RH HAS MOVD E OF FA THIS MRNG AS SFC TROF MOVS SE ACRS AREA. MDLS SHW SUM LGT PCPN WITH TROF BUT ALL -SHRA ACTVTY SHWG WITH MIDLVL TROF OVR NW MO. WL CONT LO POPS FOR 1ST PD BUT ACCUMULATIONS WL BE MINIMAL AS DRIER AIR MOVS IN FM W AND N. SFC TEMPS TO BE 1-2 CATS COOLER TDA WITH MORE CLDS. DRY CONDS TO CONT THRU REST OF NR TERM AND XTNDD ALTHO MRF SHWG SUM PCPN POSSIBLE WITH FROPA THU. WL WAIT FOR MORE CONFIRMATION BFR ADDING TO XTNDD. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY... UIN EE 059/034 041/030 047 03211 COU EE 062/034 043/030 049 031-- JEF EE 062/034 043/029 049 031-- STL EB 066/038 045/032 049 0321- SLO EB 065/036 042/033 046 0341- FAM EB 068/037 046/032 049 033-- .STL...NONE WDB
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-102100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 655 AM CST SUN NOV 10 2002 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP OVER SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. ANY SEVERE ACTIVITY THAT MAY DEVELOP FROM THESE STORMS SHOULD BE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. BECHTOLD
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:10 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Slow moving thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain on parts of Clinton County. The Clinton County Sheriff reported that Highways 50 and 161 near Carlyle were flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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