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NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 8, 11:45 AM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1245 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2005 .DISCUSSION... CONVECTIVE COMPLEX CONTINUED ACROSS IOWA/MINNESOTA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI. SHOWERS ACROSS MISSOURI WERE TRENDING TOWARD DISSIPATION AT THIS TIME. THE COMPLEX WAS SLIDING SOUTHEASTWARD JUST NORTHEAST OF SURFACE BOUNDARY. EXPECT THE BOUNDARY TO LIFT SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD TONIGHT. LAPS DATA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON INDICATED LIS OF -5 ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI WITH CAPES AROUND 2000 J/KG SAME AREA. DRIER AIR IS FORECAST BY THE MODELS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. THE GFS FORECASTS THE DRIER AIR TO REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE MORE MOISTURE MOVES IN FROM THE GREAT PLAINS. IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD, THE LATEST RUNS OF THE GFS, DGEX, UKMET AND EUROPEAN ARE ALL SIMILAR SUNDAY EVENING WITH HUGE 5960 METER 500 MB HIGH CENTERED OVER KENTUCKY AND TROF OVER THE WESTERN U.S. UPPER HIGH IS FORECAST TO BREAK DOWN AND SETTLE INTO THE SOUTHERN U.S. BY MID WEEK. THE DGEX AND GFS BUILD THE UPPER RIDGE BACK INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. BY LATE IN THE WEEK WITH RATHER WARM TEMPS ALOFT. LARGE SURFACE HIGH WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE EAST AND SOUTHEASTERN STATES MUCH OF NEXT WEEK WHICH WILL HOLD UP THE COLD FRONT OVER THE GREAT PLAINS. THE DGEX AND EUROPEAN FORECAST THE COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI ON WEDNESDAY WHILE THE 12Z UPDATED GFS FORECASTS FRONT TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI EARLY ON THURSDAY. AS A RESULT, TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL MUCH OF NEXT WEEK WITH LOW POPS. && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 350 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2005 ILZ058>060-065-095>099-MOZ018-019-026-027-035-036-092100- ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-CALHOUN IL-FAYETTE IL-GREENE IL-JERSEY IL-KNOX- LEWIS-MACOUPIN IL-MARION-MONTGOMERY IL-PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-SHELBY- 350 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A C HANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS NEXT WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING. ILZ064-069-070-074-079-100>102-MOZ034-041-042-047>052-059>065- 072>075-084-085-099-092100- AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-CALLAWAY-CLINTON IL-COLE-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN- GASCONADE-IRON-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-MADISON-MADISON IL-MARION IL- MONITEAU-MONROE-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY-OSAGE-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS- ST. CHARLES-ST. CLAIR IL-ST. FRANCOIS-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY- STE. GENEVIEVE-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IL- 350 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...CENTRAL MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. PEDIGO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 113 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2005 ILZ095>097-MOZ018>019-027-090000- ADAMS-BROWN-PIKE-KNOX-LEWIS-MARION- 113 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 775 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ADAMS IL... BROWN IL... PIKE IL... IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI KNOX... LEWIS... MARION... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HANNIBAL AND QUINCY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
522 PM CDT THU SEP 08 2005
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0510 PM TORNADO MOUNT STERLING 39.98N 90.76W
09/08/2005 BROWN IL TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO REPORTED ON NE SIDE OF TOWN TRAVELING SE.
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TILLYThe Lincoln radar (KILX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:23 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Storm spotters reported 6 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs down.
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