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 May 16, 1:10 AM CST, 9 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 210 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2002 OUR POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORM IS STILL IN THE FORMATION STAGES OVER KANSAS ATTM. THE MODELS APPEAR TO HAVE INITIALIZED PRETTY WELL OVER THE MIDWEST PICKING UP ON THE SURFACE FRONT SNAKING UP FROM WESTERN KANSAS THROUGH EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO NORTHWESTERN IOWA. RADAR IS SHOWING A LARGE MCS-LOOKING BLOB OF PRECIP GENERALLY WHERE WE EXPECTED IT TO FORM IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. MOVEMENT OF THE MCS IS SOMEWHAT HARD TO DETERMINE. LOOKS LIKE THE OVERALL PRECIP SHIELD IS HEADED SLOWLY EASTWARD WHILE INDIVIDUAL CELLS ARE TRACKING NORTHWARD...SOME ARE NEARLY STATIONARY OR MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. KLSX RADAR IS PICKING UP SOME WEAKENING WARM ADVECTION PRECIP OVER ILLINOIS...DONT EXPECT MUCH MORE FROM THAT BATCH. AVN STILL SUFFERING FROM CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK TONIGHT...BUT IT SEEMS THAT YESTERDAYS 00Z AVN RUN PICKED OUT THE POSITION OF THE MCS BETTER THAN YESTERDAYS ETA. THAT SAID...THE AVNS CONVECTIVELY ENHANCED PRECIP BULLSEYE ALONG THE MISSOURI/IOWA BORDER LOOKS JUST TOO HIGH. ETAS MUCH MORE CONSERVATIVE AND WIDESPREAD PRECIP SHIELD SEEMS TO BE MORE BELIEVABLE. IN ADDITION...ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION LAYS DOWN WILL SERVE AS FOCUSES FOR CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. BOTH AVN AND ETA BRINGING HIGH OCTANE 60-65 DEWPOINT AIR INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI BY 18Z TODAY. WITH ALL THE BOUNDARIES FLOATING AROUND...PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN THE AIR...AND THE SATURATED STATE OF THE GROUND...FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE WHOLE CWA TODAY. EVEN MORE INTERESTING THAN TODAY IS THE THURSDAY NIGHT-FRIDAY MORNING FORECAST. BOTH THE AVN AND ETA MOVE A DINKY 500MB SHORTWAVE EAST OF THE ROCKIES AROUND 00Z FRIDAY...THEN ABOUT 06Z IT PHASES WITH THE LOWER LEVELS AND RAPIDLY STRENGTHENS. THE AVN HAS THE VORTMAX FURTHER NORTH THAN THE ETA...AND COINCIDENTALLY HAS THE PRECIP FURTHER NORTH INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. ETAS MORE SOUTHERN TRACK FOR THE HEAVY RAIN LOOKS BETTER AS ITS RIGHT ALONG THE SURFACE AND 850MB FRONTS. NOT SO SURE ABOUT THE AMOUNTS THOUGH AS THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEMS WITH BOTH MODELS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY. WITH THIS IN MIND...WILL GO AHEAD AND EXTEND THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN TIER OF OUR CWFA FOR FRIDAY MORNING BUT KEEP IT OUT OF THE REST OF THE AREA (THANKS FOR THE COORDINATION SGF...PAH...EAX...ILX). WHAT A MESS... LOOKS LIKE THE WHOLE CWFA SHOULD BE IN THE CLEAR BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON/FRIDAY EVENING. THEN BEGINS A PERIOD OF VERY WELCOME DRY AND COOL WEATHER FOR THE CWFA. .STL...FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE CWA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT .STL...CONTINUE FLOOD WATCH MOZ072>075-MOZ084-MOZ085-MOZ099-ILZ079 FOR FRIDAY MORNING CARNEY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts blew over a large tree damaging a home in Washington. The roof and side of the home was damaged, as was a fence and a parked camper.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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