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NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 1, 3:00 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 300 PM CST MON NOV 1 2004 .DISCUSSION... RAIN SHIELD WHICH HAS COVERED THE CWA ALL DAY HAS BEEN GRDLY SHIFTING EWD WITH LCLLY SVR/LOW TOPPED CELLS DVLPG ON THE FRONT EDGE OF THE PCPN ACTIVITY. HAVE A MODERATE TO LOW CONFIDENCE IN FCST FOR THE NEXT 48 HR. UPPER LOW IS STILL DIGGING SEWD AND COLD AIR HAS BEEN INFILTRATING AREAS WEST OF SFC LOW SLOWER THAN GFS HAS INDICATED. PLANNING TO TREND TWD ETA FCST FIRST 24 HRS AND TOWARD THE GFS IN THE NEXT 24 HRS. PCPN SHIELD HAS BEEN SOLID BUT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OUT OF THE NARROW CONVECTIVE LINE GENERALLY .10 TO .20 PER HR. LOOK FOR PCPN SHIELD TO SLOW/STALL TONIGHT AND PROBABLY BACK UP SLOWLY TOWARD MORNING. LOOKING FOR SOME OVERALL MDT/HEAVY AMOUNTS BUT SHOULD NOT BE CONVECTIVE AND THEREFORE RUNOFF SHOULD BE MINIMAL. FOR THIS REASON HAVE OPTED TO DROP THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE AREA BEYOND 400 PM AND WILL ONLY MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES OF OUR WARNING AREA. && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE IL...NONE && PEDIGO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1104 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004 ILZ058-095>099-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059>062- 072-073-084-099-021300- ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOONE-BROWN-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-COLE-CRAWFORD- FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL-IRON-JERSEY IL-KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN- MARION-MONITEAU-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-OSAGE-PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-REYNOLDS- SHELBY-ST CHARLES-WARREN-WASHINGTON- 1104 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AS WELL AS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION AND FLOODING FROM STORM SPOTTERS AND WEATHER OBSERVERS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. ILZ059-060-064-065-069-070-074-079-100>102-MOZ063>065-074-075-085- 021300- BOND IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-JEFFERSON-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON- MADISON IL-MARION IL-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY IL-RANDOLPH IL-ST CLAIR IL- ST FRANCOIS-ST LOUIS-ST LOUIS CITY-STE GENEVIEVE-WASHINGTON IL- 1104 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION AND FLOODING FROM STORM SPOTTERS AND WEATHER OBSERVERS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. CVKING
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1233 PM CST MON NOV 01 2004
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1000 AM TSTM WND DMG CHERRYVILLE 37.85N 91.28W
11/01/2004 CRAWFORD MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
GARAGE DAMAGE AND POWER LINES DOWNED.
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TRUETTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
209 PM CST MON NOV 01 2004
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0204 PM TSTM WND DMG SPARTA 38.15N 89.72W
11/01/2004 RANDOLPH IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON A HOUSE TRAILER IN SPARTA.
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PRZYBYLINSKIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
223 PM CST MON NOV 01 2004
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0205 PM TSTM WND DMG SPARTA 38.15N 89.72W
11/01/2004 RANDOLPH IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROOFS WERE PARTIALLY BLOWN OFF FROM A FEW BUSINESSES AND
HOMES IN THE SPARTA AREA
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RPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
242 PM CST MON NOV 01 2004
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0204 PM TORNADO SPARTA 38.15N 89.72W
11/01/2004 RANDOLPH IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED BY A WITNESS AT THE
SPARTA COUNTRY CLUB SOUTHWEST OF SPARTA. TREES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED DOWN AT THE COUNTRY CLUB
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RPThe Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs on the east side of town. Power lines were down on Route 161.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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