1 lightning, 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 5, 1:15 AM CST, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 215 AM CDT MON JUL 5 2004 .DISCUSSION... A FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN WI ACROSS IA INTO WESTERN NEB EARLY THIS MORNING WITH LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN CANADA AND THE NORTHERN PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST. MODELS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN POSITION OF COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHWEST MO TUESDAY MORNING. THE GFS, ETA AND UKMET ARE ALL SIMILAR IN FORECASTING THE FRONT TO EXTEND FROM SOUTHERN IN ACROSS THE BOOTHEEL INTO SOUTHERN OK BY 12Z WEDNESDAY. WILL BUMP POPS INTO LIKELY CATEGORY FOR TUESDAY WITH EXPECTED COLD FRONT PASSAGE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT. AS A RESULT, SHOULD GET A BREAK IN THE RAIN FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 850 MOISTURE WAS POOLED LAST EVENING FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. HOT 850 AIR WILL ADVECT ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION TODAY WITH 20-22C TEMPS. THE GFS CONTINUES TO BE MORE AGRESSIVE THAN THE ETA OR UKMET WITH THE COOLEST TEMPS AT 850 ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MO FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. COOL DOWN DOESNT LAST LONG THOU, WITH MUCH WARMER AIR SPREADING BACK INTO CENTRAL MO BY THURSDAY MORNING. MCS CONTINUES TO ROLL ACROSS KS TOWARD WEST CENTRAL/NORTHWEST MO. NEW WW JUST ISSUED. 850 MB PROFILER WINDS ACROSS KS SHOW A 40 KT JET HAS DEVELOPED WITH SIGNIFICANT CONVERGENCE INTO SYSTEM. && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...NONE. .IL...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 500 AM CDT MON JUL 5 2004 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-061200- ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-CLINTON IL- COLE-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL-IRON-JEFFERSON- JERSEY IL-KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON-MADISON IL-MARION- MARION IL-MONITEAU-MONROE-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY-MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE- PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-SHELBY-ST CHARLES- ST CLAIR IL-ST FRANCOIS-ST LOUIS-ST LOUIS CITY-STE GENEVIEVE-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IL- 500 AM CDT MON JUL 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI AND PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEY WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI DURING THE MORNING HOURS. ALSO FEW STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVEL WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WIND UP TO 55 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ON TUESDAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE ESPECIALLY ON TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. AFTER A BREAK WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY...THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN AGAIN OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT AS WARM AND HUMID AIR BEGINS FLOWING BACK INTO THE AREA. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
729 AM CDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0723 AM TSTM WND DMG TIPTON 38.65N 92.78W
07/05/2004 MONITEAU MO EMERGENCY MNGR
1 FOOT DIAMETER TREE BROKEN
&&
TRUETTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
729 AM CDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0723 AM TSTM WND DMG TIPTON 38.65N 92.78W
07/05/2004 MONITEAU MO EMERGENCY MNGR
1 FOOT DIAMETER TREE BROKEN
&&
TRUETTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
756 AM CDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0748 AM TSTM WND DMG ROCHEPORT 38.98N 92.56W
07/05/2004 BOONE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 TO 1.5 FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS.
&&
TRUETTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
756 AM CDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0748 AM TSTM WND DMG ROCHEPORT 38.98N 92.56W
07/05/2004 BOONE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 TO 1.5 FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS.
&&
TRUETTThe St Louis radar (KLSX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning hit the second-floor window of a four-family apartment building in the 2000 block of Grand Avenue. The strike ignited a fire in one of the apartments causing smoke to pour through the entire building. Firefighters contained the fire to one apartment.
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