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 Aug 10, 1:46 PM CST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 246 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 .DISCUSSION... ...HEAT TO CONTINUE UNTIL COLD FRONT ARRIVES ON SATURDAY... COLD FRONT HAS LOSS ITS SOUTHWARD PUSH AND ESSENTIALLY HAS STALLED ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO HEAT INTO THE UPPER 90S...AND EVEN 100 IN A FEW PLACES THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTH AND IN WEAK SURFACE CONVERGENCE FIELD LOCATED ACROSS EASTERN OZARKS AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME WARM AIR ADVECTION PRECIPITATION TONIGHT AS SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW BEGINS...ALTHOUGH THE BIG STORY LOOKS TO BE THE HEAT...AS ANOTHER HOT ONE IS ON TAP FOR THURSDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA...WITH TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN ACROSS DROUGHT STRICKEN CENTRAL MISSOURI. EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WAA CLOUDS AND ISOLATED -TSRA COULD HELP KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM GETTING OUT OF HAND. FRIDAY AGAIN LOOKS HOT WITH STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW...SHOULD SEE THE TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT SPREAD FURTHER EAST...TOWARD THE QUINCY AND ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREAS. COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE CWA ON SATURDAY AND PROVIDES SOME MUCH NEEDED RELIEF WITH CLOUDS AND A CHANCE OF SOME THUNDERSTORMS. IN THE EXTENDED THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT MEANDERS NORTH AND SOUTH THROUGH OUR CWA AS SEVERAL AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND HEAD EAST INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THIS SHOULD INCREASE OUR RAIN CHANCES FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK AND KEEP TEMPERATURES AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. DETAILS SUCH AS EXACT FRONT LOCATION...PRECIPITATION TIMING AND TEMPERATURE TRENDS ARE DIFFICULT TO FORECAST WITH PRECISION THIS FAR OUT...SO HAVE BLANKETED AREA WITH CHANCE POPS AND USED MODEL GUIDANCE FOR FRONT LOCATION AND SENSIBLE WEATHER DETAILS THROUGH THE EXTENDED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ST LOUIS 74 98 75 99 / 20 20 10 10 QUINCY 70 93 71 99 / 30 30 10 20 COLUMBIA 72 100 71 99 / 20 10 10 10 JEFFERSON CITY 72 99 71 99 / 20 10 10 10 SALEM 71 93 70 94 / 30 30 10 10 FARMINGTON 71 94 71 94 / 20 10 10 10 && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && CVKING
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1250 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-111100- 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- 1250 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE STORMS WILL BE SPOTTY...A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. IN ADDITION...THIS AFTERNOONS HOT CONDITIONS WILL BE PUSHING THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURE OR THE HEAT INDEX TO AROUND THE 100 DEGREE MARK...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THREATENING THE AREA ON THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE A SOMEWHAT BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE START OF NEXT WEEK AS A COLD FRONT STALLS OUT OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. HOT WEATHER WILL ALSO PERSIST FOR THE REST OF THIS WORK WEEK...WITH HIGHS MID 9OS TO AROUND 100 EXPECTED ON BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. TRUETT
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 2 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:24 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts snapped 3 power poles in half at Sidentop Road and Technology Drive.
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