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 Mar 19, 2:45 AM CST, 11 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 245 AM CST WED MAR 19 2003 EAST TO WEST BANDED PCPN EVENT LIFGINT NWD THRU SRN MO AS ADVERTISED BY GFS PAST SVRL RUNS. PCPN WL LIFT NWD THRU CWA TDA. SOME CONVECTION/LTNG SHOWING UP IN SERN MO. LOOK FOR INCRSD CNVCTN TDA AS LIS FALL TO MINUS 2-3 EARLY THIS AFTN AND LAPSE RATES LWR TO MINUS 7 OR SO. DRY AIR INTRUSION TAKES PLACE THIS AFTN AND DWPTS FALL 10-15 DEG. ETA HAS BEEN PROJECTING TEMPS IN 70S FOR 3 DAYS...HWVR NOT SURE IT WILL CLEAR OUT SO WILL KEEP 60S FOR KSTL AREA AND PERHAPS 70 IN SRN COUNTIES OF CWA. WILL ONLY PLACE CHC POPS IN FOR TNGT AND INCR POPS TO LIKELY CATEGORY TMW MORE IN LINE WITH ETA/NGM. LOOK FOR UPPER LOW TO REMAIN MORE FOCUSED AND SFC LOW/CDFNT PASSING ACRS AREA TMW WILL ALSO BE MORE SGFNT. WITH VERY COLD MID LVL TEMPS WOULDNT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A COUPLE OF HAILERS TMW. WILL HAVE CATEGORICAL POPS MOST EVERYWHERE TDA...NR 100 PERCENT ALG I-70. BETTER THAN BEING IN DENVER, I GUESS... PCPN TDA PRETTY SOLID WITH CONVEYER LOOK...BUT MVMT 90 DEG OUT OF PHASE OF DIR OF TRVL SO LOOK FOR AMTS OF .50 TO 1.00...WELL BELOW ANY THRESHOLDS. .STL...NONE. PEDIGO
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-201200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 735 AM CST WED MAR 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBIA TO ST LOUIS TO STE. GENEVIEVE MISSOURI. A WEATHER DISTURBANCE OVER OKLAHOMA IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP NORTHEAST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT MOVING TOWARD MISSOURI. DAYTIME HEATING WILL MAKE THE AIR RATHER UNSTABLE AND LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS CONTAINING LARGE HAIL OR STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER OKLAHOMA WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO MISSOURI THURSDAY AND A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTH FROM THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER COMBINED WITH UNUSUALLY COLD AIR ALOFT WILL MAKE THE AIR UNSTABLE AGAIN THURSDAY AND POSSIBLY TRIGGER ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BEFORE THE WHOLE SYSTEM MOVES TO THE EAST THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE ON THURSDAY. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ON MONDAY AFTERNOON OR MONDAY NIGHT WHEN ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...COLLIDING WITH WARM HUMID AIR THAT RETURNS TO THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY BY MIDDAY AGAIN ON THURSDAY. KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL FORECASTS THROUGHOUT THE TWO DAY PERIOD. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT... HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/LSX (ALL LOWER CASE) PEDIGO
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts caused minor damage in Park Hills. Roof shingles and a section of guttering were torn off a home. Some trees were also downed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, March 2003
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