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 11, 12:15 PM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 115 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2002 MODELS FAIRLY SMLR IN HNDLG THE H5 SYSTM THAT DROPS DWN INTO THE AREA TNGT AND FRI. ETA FCSTS SGNFNT PVA AND VERT MTN TO DROP DWN ACRS NW MO THIS EVE AND INTO THE CNTRL PTN OF THE STATE BY MIDN. MODELS QPF ZEROES IN ON PTNS OF N AND CNTRL MO FOR TNGT. WIND FIELD FCST TO BE LGT SO SLOW MOVG CNVCTN SHOULD PRODUCE SGNFNT RAIN. MID LVL CIRCULATION IS FCST TO SETTLE INTO THE BOOTHEEL BY SAT EVE. AS A RESULT PCPN MAY LINGER LONGER ACRS MUCH OF THE RGN. MSAS FM NOON INDICATED BEST AREA OF SFC MSTR CNVGC ACRS N CNTRL MO WHERE CONVECTION HAS BLOSSOMED PST HR OR SO. IRK REPORTED R+ PST HR. WITH FAIRLY LOW FLOOD GUID ACRS PTNS OF NE AND CNTRL MO, WILL ISSUE WATCH FOR TNGT. IN THE EXTENDED...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH WEAK UPPER LOW BEING LEFT BEHIND OVER THE CNTRL U.S. AS MAIN TROF MOVES EWD THIS WEEKEND. RESULT IS A STAGNANT PATTERN OVR THE MIDWEST WITH ZONAL FLOW UP NR THE CANADA/U.S. BORDER. SINCE UPR LOW IS SHOWING GRADUAL MOVEMENT AWAY FROM REGION AND S/W TROFS STAY WELL TO THE N...WILL LEAVE MON-THU DRY. MRF MOS TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE. .STL...FLOOD WATCH FOR TNGT - PTNS OF NE AND CNTRL MO
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:53 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The County Sheriff reported wind damage in New Haven. Trees, power lines, and some street signs were blown down.
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