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 Apr 27, 2:30 PM CST, 8 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 330 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2002 AFTER WAITING AND WATCHING THINGS ARE FINALLY BGNG TO GET GOING OUT WEST. THE MID LVL DRY SLOT CONTS TO SURGE EWD ACRS THE FA ON THE HEALS OF THE ERN MO IMPULSE HELPING ALG WITH WAA GENERATE THE SECOND WV OF SHRA AND EMBDD -TSRA NOW MOVG EAST OF THE MS RVR. SCT CNVCTN IS NOW DVLPG ALG DRYLN FM SE NEB INTO ERN KS WHERE CLDS HV CLRD AND DIURNAL HTG AND PBL MSTR ADVCTN HAS RESULTED IN A SWATH OF SFC BASED INSTABILITY. THE BIG QUESTION IS HOW FAR EWD THE INSTABILITY WL SPRD DURING THE COURSE OF THE EVNG AND THE EXTENT OF THE CNVRGNC ALG THE DRYLN. WRMFNT WAS LCTD FM SRN IL ACRS THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS INTO NW MO AT 20Z AND XTNSV LOW CLDS RMND OVR ALL OF THE BI-STATE. STILL ALL THE MDLS INCLUDING THE LAST SVRL RUC RUNS ARE INDCG BOTH AN INCRS IN SFC DPTS AND TMPS THRU THE RMNDR OF THE AFT AND INTO THE EVNG IN ADVANCE OF EWD SURGING DRYLN. THIS INCRS IN PBL MSTR/HEAT AND GOOD MID LVL CAA RESULTS IN THE MDLS MAINTAINING THE SWATH OF UNSTBL AIR WELL PAST SUNSET INTO THE NGT IN ADVANCE OF THE STG SYS. DP LYR SHEAR IS IMPRSV TO SAY THE LEAST WITH LATEST LAPS 0-6KM BULK SHEAR AT 70-80 KTS...AND VALUES CLOSE TO THESE SHUD BE MAINTAINED DURING THE EVNG AS THE MID LVL JET CONTS TO PROP EWD IN ASSOCN WITH THE STG SHRTWV TROF. THUS SVR THREAT STILL LOOKS GOOD IF PROGGED DESTABILIZATION IS INDEED CORRECT. NATURE TO THE FRCG SUGGESTS THAT COVERAGE OF STRMS SHUD BE SCT AND WL WORD AS SUCH...ENDING WEST TO EAST DURING THE TNGT PD. FAIRLY GOOD DRYING BHD THIS SYS AND MDLS ARE ALL NOW A BIT COOLER THAN PRVS RUNS FOR SUN/SUN NGT. HV TRENDED THE NEW FCST DOWNWARD A TAD MORE BASICALLY SPLITTING THE DIF IN THE MAV/FWC NUMBS. WL PRBLY SEE SOME WRAP ARND CLDS WORK INTO THE FAR NORTH LATE TNGT AND AT LEAST SCT INSTABILITY CU FRM SUN MRNG IN THE CYCLONIC FLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW OVR THE NRN/ERN SXNS. BREEZY AS WELL. SFC HI BLDS ACRS SUN NGT WITH ANY LINGERING INSTAB CU DSIPTG AND LVG MCLR SKIES FOR A WHILE. MDLS HOWEVER BGN SPRDG WAA CLDS ACRS THE NRN HALF OF THE CWFA LATE SUN NGT IN ADVANCE OF A QUICK MVG IMPULSE. HV KEPT THE FCST DRY BUT WL HV TO WATCH TO SEE IF A FEW SHRA MAY DVLP FM MID LVL MSTR DECK. FM MON AND BYD THE FCST DETAILS BCM LESS CLR. THE NEW AVN IS MUCH DIF THAN THE PRVS RUN AND HAS TRENDED TWDS YDAS CANADIAN AND THE LATEST UKMET/ECMWF SHWG MORE NRN STRM AMPLIFICATION AND THUS THE SWD FNT PROGRESSION ON MON/MON NGT IS ABT 24H FASTER THAN PRVSLY FCST. I HV KEPT SOME POPS GOING WITH IT AND HV TAILORED TMPS A BIT. THE EXACT PSN AND WAVERING IN RSPNS TO SHRTWVS STILL RMNS QUESTIONABLE INTO WED. ATTM AVN SUGGESTS THREAT OF ELEVATED TRW TUE NGT INTO ERLY WED THEN SFC BASED STRMS LATE WED/WED NGT WITH SFC WV TRANSLATING ALG THE E/W BNDRY. .STL...NONE GLASS
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:56 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The County Sheriff Department reported trees down blocking County Road WW northeast of Womack.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 2002
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