1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Apr 2, 12:49 PM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 149 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006 .DISCUSSION... SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF IA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH WARM FRONT DRAPED ACROSS NORTH MO. SURFACE DEWPOINTS HAVE INCREASED INTO LOWER 60S ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE LAPS DATA FROM 18Z INDICATED CAPES HAVE INCREASED TO 2500 J/KG ACROSS CENTRAL MO WITH THE CIN LESS THAN 40. LIS ARE AROUND -9. MSAS SURFACE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL MO INTO THE EASTERN OZARKS AT SAME TIME. STRONG H5 SHORT WAVE WILL ROLL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. MODELS FORECAST A 160 METER HEIGHT FALL CENTER OVER NORTHERN INDIANA BY 12Z MONDAY. RIDGE BUILDS FROM THE GREAT PLAINS INTO THE AREA BY WEDNESAY. THE GFS CLOSES OFF AN UPPER LOW OVER WY EARLY THURSDAY WITH SYSTEM FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY INTO THE MIDWEST BY LATE IN THE WEEK. THE GFS IS COMING AROUND TO THE EUROPEAN SOLUTION FROM LAST EVENINGS RUN. PLAYING A WAITING GAME FOR CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT. NEXT BEST CHANCE OF RAIN RETURNS TO THE AREA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE UKMET AND NAM FORECAST SIGNIFICANT 850 MOISTURE CONVERGENCE INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH MO BY THAT TIME WITH DECENT UPPER DIVERGENCE. && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS... SFC LOW OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI WITH A WARM FRONT INTO E CENTRAL MISSOURI AND A COLD FRONT/DRY LINE SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THUNDERSDTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE/COLDFRONT. SEVERAL STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND THEY SHOULD FORM AS DESCRETE STORMS AND EVOLVE INTO A DANDY SQUALL LINE WHICH WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 KNOTS OR MORE. HAVE A 4 HOUR WINDOW OF STORMS IN THE TAFS. LATER... MOISTURE WRAPS AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THE SURFACE LOW AND DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS ALL THE TAF SITES DURING THE EVENING...FIRST AT QUINCY...THEN COLUMBIA...AND FINALLY IN THE ST LOUIS AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. OH...I HAVE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR IN THE ST LOUIS AREA FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. WINDS AT 2 TO 4 THOUSAND FEET ARE 40 KNOTS OR MORE WHILE THE SURFACE WINDS ARE REMAINING BLO 10 KTS. HOT AIR BALLOONISTS....TOO MUCH WIND TODAY AND RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS...TOO MUCH GRADIENT AGAIN THROUGH TOMORROW AS WELL. PEDIGO && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && WFO LSX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 257 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-031200- ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN IL-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- 257 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR MOST OF EASTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A COOL FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA ACTING ON WARM MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR. SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DOT THE AREA. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE BASEBALL SIZED HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND POSSIBLE A FEW TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL FORM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY MIDWEEK BRINGING ANOTHER THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. ONCE AGAIN SEVERE STORMS ARE A POSSIBILITY ON THURSDAY. KEEP ABREAST OF LATEST FORECASTS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL DEFINITELY BE NEEDED THROUGH MID EVENING. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN CALLED YET...CHECK WITH THOSE GROUPS YOU NORMALLY WORK WITH...YOU WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. MEDIA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR AN ESPECIALLY BUSY EVENT FROM 300 PM THROUGH 900 PM THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST THREAT IS HAIL...BUT OTHER SEVERE WEATHER PARAMETERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PEDIGO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
550 PM CDT SUN APR 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG QUINCY 39.93N 91.39W
04/02/2006 ADAMS IL EMERGENCY MNGR
SEMIS BLOWN OVER AT JUNCTION OF I-72 AND I-172
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JPEDIGOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
551 PM CDT SUN APR 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM TSTM WND DMG ST. CHARLES 38.79N 90.52W
04/02/2006 ST. CHARLES MO TRAINED SPOTTER
3 TO 4 INCH TREE LIMBS SNAPPED OFF
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JPEDIGOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
552 PM CDT SUN APR 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM TSTM WND DMG OVERLAND 38.70N 90.37W
04/02/2006 ST. LOUIS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE BLOCKING ROAD AT INTERSECTION OF FLORA AND SPENCER
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JPEDIGOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
553 PM CDT SUN APR 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG WOOD RIVER 38.86N 90.08W
04/02/2006 MADISON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE DAMAGE AND .75 INCH HAIL
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JPEDIGOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
554 PM CDT SUN APR 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM FUNNEL CLOUD FENTON 38.54N 90.45W
04/02/2006 ST. LOUIS MO EMERGENCY MNGR
ALSO WIND DAMAGE REPORTED AT I-55 AND TELEGRAPH ROAD
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JPEDIGOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
556 PM CDT SUN APR 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM HAIL GLEN CARBON 38.76N 89.97W
04/02/2006 E0.75 INCH MADISON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
ALSO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
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JPEDIGOThe Lincoln radar (KILX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado formed east of Farmersville and moved east northeast for almost 2 miles in Montgomery County. The tornado then crossed into Christian County. Machine sheds and barns were heavily damaged at three. farms along the path.
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