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 Nov 17, 1:45 PM CST, 8 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 145 PM CST THU NOV 17 2005 .DISCUSSION... HUGE SURFACE HIGH WAS CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND COVERED THE CENTRAL U.S. SYSTEM BROUGHT THE COLDEST TEMPS OF THE SEASON TO THE AREA. LOWS THIS MORNING WERE IN THE 10 TO 20 DEGREE RANGE, ABOUT 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE DAY. HIGH WILL SLIDE OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST AND COVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN STATES BY SATURDAY. SHARP SHORT WAVE WILL DROP DOWN OUT OF WESTERN CANADA LATE IN THE WEEK. THE GFS, UKMET AND NAM ALL FORECAST A 160-180 METER H5 HEIGHT FALL CENTER OVER NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY EVENING. THE GFS IS MORE VIGOROUS WITH SYSTEM WITH IT CLOSING OFF SYSTEM OVER MICHIGAN BY SUNDAY MORNING WHILE NAM AND UKMET ARE MORE PROGRESSIVE. THE NEXT SHORT WAVE IS FORECAST TO BE STRONGER WITH THE NAM AND GFS BOTH FORECASTING A 220-260 METER H5 HEIGHT FALL CENTER OVER THE CANADIAN PRAIRIE SUNDAY EVENING. THIS SHORT WAVE ROLLS ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHERN SHOT OF COLDER AIR. THE GFS FORECASTS ANOTHERN SHORT WAVE TO DIG DOWN ACROSS THE AREA ON THANKSGIVING DAY. THE 12Z UPDATE OF THE GFS FORECASTS A MUCH SHARPER TROF THAN THE 00Z RUN OF THE GFS FOR THANKSGIVING. NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE AREA IS FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK. LITTLE IF ANY RAIN OR SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE 7 DAY PERIOD. && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 251 PM CST THU NOV 17 2005 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-181200- 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- 251 PM CST THU NOV 17 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .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 TONIGHT. PEDIGO
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:27 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The local newspaper reported some trees down in Potosi from thunderstorm winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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