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 3, 1:40 AM CST, 12 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 240 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2002 MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES DEAL WITH HOW TO HANDLE CONTINUING HEAT WAVE IN STL AND PCPN CHANCES AS WE ENTER THE HOLIDAY. FORECAST HAS NOT BEEN STRAIGHT FORWARD AS IT MIGHT BE WITH A STRONG UPR RIDGE AS SCT SHRA/TSRA DEVELOP IN UNSTABLE ATMOS NEAR SHEAR AXIS OVR PLAINS. NR ZONAL FLOW OVR SRN CANADA ATTM IS FORECAST TO AMPLIFY BY THE END OF THE WEEK KEEPING STAGNANT WX PATTERN IN PLACE. OVERALL PREFER THE ETAS MASS FIELD INITIALIZATION AND CONTINUITY SO WILL LEAN TOWARD IT THIS PACKAGE. HEAT INDICES HAVE REMAINED CLOSE TO ADV CRITERIA IN THE CITY OF STL SINCE THE WEEKEND. THINK TODAY WILL BE NO DIFFERENT THO MODELS HAVE SFC DEWPOINTS SLIGHTLY HIGHER TODAY. HOWEVER...MODELS ARE ALSO INDICATING THAT EXTENSIVE HIGH CLOUDS ALONG THE MS RVR AND W ATTM WILL REMAIN OVR REGION. THIS SHUD KEEP TEMPS DOWN A DEGREE OR TWO SO WILL CONT TO HOLD OFF ON ADV BUT MENTION NR 100 IN THE STL GROUPING. SCT SHRA/TSRA REMAIN A RISK THE NEXT TWO DAYS AS ATMOS REMAINS UNSTABLE WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF CINH. THINK BEST CHCS FOR PCPN TODAY WILL REMAIN IN THE UIN GROUPING AS MINOR SHEAR AXIS ASSOCIATED WITH VORT LOBE OVR SD MOMENT MOVE EWD. AVN/ETA ARE BRINGING A BACKDOOR FRONT DOWN INTO MO/IL THU NITE AND FRI WHICH MAY BE OVERDONE CONSIDERING STRENGTH OF RIDGE. WILL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE CHC POPS ACCORDINGLY THU AND FRI...BUT WILL NOT GO AS HIGH AS MOS GUIDANCE. MOS TEMP GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND WILL FOLLOW. .STL...NONE BRITT
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-041300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1230 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2002 HAZARDS THROUGH TONIGHT... WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE 4TH.. HEAT INDICES WILL APPROACH 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AND PERHAPS AGAIN ON THURSDAY IN THE ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONLY PROVIDE LIMITED RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. WHILE THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF DOWNPOURS...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER OVER THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION WILL CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME UNSTABLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TOMORROW. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS BOTH DAYS. THE OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. && THIS PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM DAILY...AND WILL BE UPDATED AS NEEDED. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ON A PARTICULAR HAZARD...MAKE SURE TO REFER TO THE ZONE FORECASTS AND THE ACTUAL WATCH...WARNING OR ADVISORY PRODUCT. PEDIGO
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Storm spotters reported isolated damage from thunderstorm winds south of Moscow Mills. Two utility poles were damaged, roof shingles blown off, a garage door damaged, and a flag pole was bent over.
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