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 Sep 15, 2:05 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 305 AM CDT THU SEP 15 2005 .DISCUSSION...A LOT GOING ON IN THE SHORT TERM AS SEVERAL WAVES MOVE ALONG THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY...JUST SOUTH OF MISSOURI. WE WILL REMAIN IN OVERRUNNING PCPN THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO TONIGHT. GFS HAS HAD THE BEST HANDLE ON THIS SITUATION...INDICATING PCPN FURTHER TO THE NORTH THAN THE NAM. WILL GO MORE WITH THE GFS...ESPECIALLY IN THE SHORT TERM. RAISED POPS MOST LOCATIONS TODAY...THEN TAPERING OFF TONIGHT. AS FOR HIGH TEMPS TODAY...IT WILL DEPEND ON PCPN AND CLOUD COVER. COOLEST TEMPS WILL BE IN CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CWA...DUE TO MORE PROLONGED PCPN...WITH UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S A GOOD BET FOR ENTIRE CWA. BY TONIGHT...SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE TO THE EAST OF MISSOURI WITH PCPN TAPERING OFF...NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CWA WILL BE DRY...WHILE FAR EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF CWA WILL SEE RAIN MOST OF THE NIGHT. AS FOR ANY FLOODING POSSIBILITIES...RAIN WILL FALL OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...SO DO NOT NEED A FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME. AS RIDGE BUILDS IN ON FRIDAY...WILL SEE DRY AND COOLER WEATHER...THEN GRADUALLY MODERATE DURING THE WEEKEND. EXTENDED MODELS HAVING TROUBLE WITH WEAKENING RIDGE AND NEXT CHANCE FOR PCPN AS TIMING CONTINUES TO FLUXUATE. WILL KEEP CHANCES IN THE NORTH ON SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN SPREAD IT SOUTH TO AROUND I-70 SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. BEYOND THAT...SFC RIDGE TO BUILD IN AGAIN...BRINGING IN DRY WEATHER. && LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && BYRD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 414 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2005 ILZ058>060-064-065-095>100-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042- 047>052-059>064-151100- ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-COLE- FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL-JERSEY IL-KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN- MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MARION-MONITEAU-MONROE-MONTGOMERY- MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE-PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-SHELBY-ST CHARLES-ST LOUIS- ST LOUIS CITY-WARREN- 414 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN AGAIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...AND WILL CONTINUE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. ILZ069-070-074-079-101-102-MOZ065-075-151100- CLINTON IL-JEFFERSON-MARION IL-MONROE IL-RANDOLPH IL-ST CLAIR IL- STE GENEVIEVE-WASHINGTON IL- 414 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY...WITH THIS THREAT CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN AGAIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...AND WILL CONTINUE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. MOZ072>074-084-085-099-151100- CRAWFORD-IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS-ST FRANCOIS-WASHINGTON- 414 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY AND INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. TRUETT
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike took our the entire telephone system in Lesterville. Service was restored about Noon CDT.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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