1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 5, 2:50 AM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 350 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 .DISCUSSION... STG S/W LOCATED IN NERN NEBRASKA AND IS MOVG SLOWLY ENEWD. LOTS OF CONVECTION FIRED UP THIS EVE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS AND AS OF FCST TIME NEW ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOPED IN CNTRL MO AND IS MOVG NEWD. HAD DIME-SIZED HAIL IN MONITEAU COUNTY AROUND 3AM...BUT NOTHING SINCE. SPC STILL HAS A SLIGHT RISK OVR THE ENTIRE FCST AREA FOR TODAY. TAIL OF S/W WILL CROSS CWA TDA AND WILL PROBABLY BE ENOUGH TO TRIGGER CONVECTION AGAIN. ACTION WILL BE MORE FOCUSED TDA AND WILL PROBABLY DEVELOP EARLIER IN THE DAY THAN YDA. && && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && PEDIGO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 936 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ILZ058-059-095>099-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047-048- 050>052-051200- ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOONE-BROWN-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-COLE-GREENE IL- JERSEY IL-KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MARION-MONITEAU-MONROE- MONTGOMERY-PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-SHELBY- 936 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. THERE IS A RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT BEING OVER NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS...BUT THROUGH MIDNIGHT...TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. ADDITIONALLY...THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED THROUGH 4 AM DUE TO TORNADO WATCH #397. ILZ060-100-MOZ049-059>064-072-051200- CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-MADISON IL-MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE- ST CHARLES-ST LOUIS-ST LOUIS CITY-WARREN- 936 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT...WITH A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. ADDITIONALLY...THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER MIDNIGHT. ILZ064-065-069-070-074-079-101-102-MOZ065-073>075-084-085-099-051200- BOND IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-IRON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-MARION IL- MONROE IL-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-ST CLAIR IL-ST FRANCOIS-STE GENEVIEVE- WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IL- 936 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT. HOWEVER...STORMS THAT DO FORM ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. ADDITIONALLY...THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. TES
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1017 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0852 PM HAIL LA BELLE 40.12N 91.91W
06/04/2005 0.75 INCH LEWIS MO PUBLIC
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TESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
315 AM CDT SUN JUN 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0307 AM HAIL TIPTON 38.65N 92.78W
06/05/2005 0.75 INCH MONITEAU MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
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TILLYThe Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike is believed to have started a fire which destroyed the 103 year old Fortuna United Methodist Church.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, June 2005
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