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 9, 2:20 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 320 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2002 CNVCTN HAS DVLPD RATHER QUICKLY IN THE LAST HR OVR NC/NW MO IN BROAD AREA OF MCON ASSOCD WITH BOTH CDFNT AND OUTFLOW BNDRY PUSHING SE OUT OF IA. HV SEEN LTL DVLPMNT THUS FAR ALG ERN PTN OF PRE-FRONTAL TROF EXTDG FM SW OF PPQ TO SPI. AMS IS VERY UNSTBL WITH CAPES IN EXCESS OF 4000 J/KG AND VERTICAL DVLPMNT TO CU FIELD SUGGESTS LTL CIN RMNS. QUESTION IS HOW MUCH ORGANIZATION WL OCCUR VIA CLUSTERS OR SHORT LNS...AND THUS HOW HI TO GO WITH POPS. THIS WL BE A LAST MINUTE CALL AND WL GO WITH EITHER SCT COVERAGE...HI CHC POPS OR LIKELY CAT. OTW THE SWD FRONTAL PUSH TNGT IS BCMG LESS AND LESS PRONOUNCED WITH EACH NEW MDL RUN AND PRINDS ARE THAT THERE WONT BE ANY DRYING OF THE LOW LVLS IN THE WAKE OF THE FNT WITH SFC DPTS RMNG IN THE 70S. THIS LKS RSNBL WITH DPTS STILL IN THE 70S WELL NORTH OF THE FNT ATTM. OTHER THING IS DEG OF COOLING IN THE WAKE OF THE FNT ON WED. GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT IS STILL WELL IN THE 80S IN THE UPR MS VLY ATTM I HV TRENDED THE NEW ZNS TWDS THE WARMER ETA MOS. BYD TNGT PCPN FCST GETS A BIT TRICKY ON WHERE WHEN AND HOW HI TO FCST POPS WITH THE MDLS GENERATING QUITE A BIT OF PCPN THRU THE REST OF THE WK. IT WUD SEEM TMW THE GREATEST THREAT WUD RESIDE IN THE VCNTY OF THE FNT. FM WED NGT ON THE UPR LOW/TROF AND ASSOCD FRCG AND LOW LVL RSPNS WL BCM MORE IMPORTANT AND I DONT REALLY HV ALOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE DETAILS. PRVSLY IT LOOKED AS THOUGH FM TMW NGT INTO THURS THE GREATEST POTNTL FOR WDSPRD PCPN WUD BE ACRS THE WRN HALF OF MO. NOW IT LKS LIKE THE ERN HALF...WITH BOTH THE ETA AND AVN INDCTG A PRETTY GOOD THREAT. THIS HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND HV KEPT POPS IN ALG AND AHD OF THE UPR TROF AXIS THRU SAT...GRDLY TAPERING THEM DWNWD. AS FOR TMPS...UNLESS WE KP CONTINUOUS PCPN AND LOW CIGS IN ON THURS...THE MAV GUID LKS TO LOW. THE AVN IS ALSO INDCTG MUCH COOLER AIR ADCTG INTO THE RGN AS THE HI BLDS IN FM THE N/NE. ATTM HV LEANED MORE TWDS THE WARMER ETA...WHICH IS STILL QUITE A BIT COOLER THAN THE PRVS FCST. WL LET HEAT ADVSRY EXPIRE WITH NEW ZN PCKG. COOLER TMPS INTO THE ERLY PART OF THE WKND AND THREAT OF WDSPRD PCPN ARE WELCOME CHG FM HEAT AND DRY CONDS. .STL...NONE GLASS
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large cottonwood tree was blown down onto a home just west of Gasconade. The home suffered moderate roof damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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