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 10, 3:30 AM CST, 9 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 430 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2002 FCST PROBS FOR THE MRNG PACKAGE ARE PCPN CHCS OVR NXT SEVERAL DAYS...AND THE TRICKY PROPOSITION OF TEMP FCSTG ASSCTD WITH IT. TWO ITEMS OF NOTE ON THE WX-MAP ERL THIS MRNG...SFC FNTL BDRY POSND JUST S OF I-70 CORR AND UPR LOW MOVG SEWD THRU NODAK. RADAR MOSAIC SHOWS SCT TSTMS OCCURRING NR SFC FNT IN CNTRL/SRN MO ALG WITH AREAS OF TSTMS OVR IA PRODUCT OF FORCING N OF STNRY FNTL BDRY AND UPR DISTURBANCES ROTATING AHD OF UPR LO. AREA OF ONGIONG CONVECTION ACRS IA HDG INTO MORE STABLE AIR AWAY FM ITS ORIGINATION ZONE N OF STNRY SFC FNT OVR NEB. C-VECTORS AND MN MID-LVL FLO WL TEND TO DRIVE THIS AREA FURTHER TO SE...BUT SRN TAIL HAS FIZZLED OFF PAST FEW HRS. DOUBTFUL IT WL HAVE MUCH IMPACT ON NRN ZONES THIS MRNG. SFC FNT PROGGED BY MODELS TO MOV INTO EXTRM SERN MO WITH TRAILING TROF XTNDG NWWD INTO MID-MO RVR VLY. SHUD BE CONCERN PRIMARILY ACRS SRN/WRN ZONES TDA AND INTO ERL TNGT. SFC DWPTS HAVE NOT GONE DOWN MUCH BHND FNT...WITH RDGS IN THE LOW 70S WDSPRD...AND WITH LITTLE/NO CAP PROGGED IN VCNTY OF FNT THIS AFTN/EVNG AND VERY UNSTABLE AMS IN PLACE...HAVE HIGHEST POPS IN COU/JEF/FAM AREAS FOR TDA. UPR LO WL BE CLOSE ENUF TO NRN/WRN FA BY LATE TDA TO WARRANT CONSIDERATION FOR AFTN FCST. THIS FEATURE WL FUNNEL DISTURBANCES SEWD AND WL INTERSECT MDTLY UNSTABLE AMS WITH FAVORABLE POSN OF QSTNRY FNT TO SW OF NRN/WRN FA. UPR LO WL HAVE GRTR IMPACT ON FA BEGINNING TNGT AND CONT THRU THU NGT WITH CD POOL OF AIR ALFT AND SERIES OF DISTURBANCES ROTATING ARND IT. AMS MOISTURE THRU COLUMN MORE THAN SUFFICIENT WITH PWATS AOA 1.5. UPR LO WL BEGIN TO WKN THU NGT/FRI...WITH A H500 TROF AXIS SETTING UP OVR MO/IL THRU WKND...WHICH CUD MN PROLONGED CHC OF PCPN...ESP FOR SRN/ERN FA. FAVORED MORE AGGRESSIVE MAV POPS THRU FCST PD. SHUD SEE ROBUST SCT/BKN CU DVLPMT TDA...ESP IN S AND W NR BDRY. DPNG NELY SFC WND LYR AT LLVLS WL KP MXG HGTS IN CHK TDA...AND GUIDANCE HAS THIS WELL IN HAND...ESP FWC. LRG TEMP DIFF EXISTS BTWN MAV AND FWC ON THU TEMPS. LIKE MAV DEPICTION OF HIR POPS AND LWR CLDS BUT UPR 60S/LOW 70S FOR MAXES IN MID JULY UNREALISTIC XCPT IN VERY UNUSUAL SITNS. WON/T TAKE MUCH OF A PEAK OF SUN TO SHOOT TEMPS UP...SO WENT FOR COMP INSTEAD. .STL...NONE TES
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a double wide mobile home that was being transported on Highway 54 near Brazito.
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