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NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 17, 2:13 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 313 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006 .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL TROF PASSAGE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THEN HAVE BACKED OFF TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHWARD FROM IOWA INTO MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS ON MONDAY BEFORE LIFTING BACK NORTH MONDAY NIGHT IN RESPONSE TO STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION. 850MB TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE 20C FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL FORM ACROSS THE PLAINS. BELIEVE MID TO UPPER 90S ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE CWA...BUT HAVE ONLY TRENDED TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER 90S FOR NOW AND WILL LET MIDSHIFT TAKE ANOTHER LOOK BEFORE GOING ANY HIGHER. UPPER FLOW BEGINS TO AMPLIFY BY THE LATER PART OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. THE RIDGE STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS WHILE HEIGHTS BEGIN TO FALL FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE EASTERN UNITED STATES...ULTIMATELY PLACING THE CWA UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW AND THE INFLUENCE OF ANY SHORTWAVE THAT DIVES SOUTHEAST ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE. GIVEN THE UNCERATINTY OF TIMING EACH RIPPLE IN THE ATMOSPHERE THIS FAR OUT HAVE DECIDED TO BROADBRUSH THE EXTENDED WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS UNTIL BETTER TIMING CAN BE ESTABLISHED. WENT WITH A SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURE FORECAST AS 850 TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN ABOVE 16C. && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS... AREAS OF SHRA/SCT TSRA IS MAKING STEADY NEWD PROGRESS UP TOWARD KSTL/KSUS ATTM. ACTUAL COVERAGE OF TSRA IS RATHER LIMITED...BUT HAVE INCLUDED IT IN A TEMPO GROUP 19-23Z AT THESE TERMINALS AS ONE TSRA IN PARTICUALAR IS HEADING TOWARD THE STL METRO...AND THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO DESTABLIZE BECAUSE OF DAYTIME HEATING. ALSO EXPECT SHRA/SCT TSRA DEVELOPMENT IN THE KUIN/KCOU AREAS THIS AFTN...BUT HAVE ONLY GONE WITH VCTS MENTION THERE WITH TEMPO SHRA. THINK RISK OF SHRA WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...AND THEN AGAIN OVERNIGHT. HAVE GONE WITH MAINLY VFR CIGS...WITH MENTION OF BKN020-025 WITH THE PRECIP AS THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUE TO MOISTEN. BRITT && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && WFO LSX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 320 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-181200- 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- 320 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE REGION. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AGAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH INTO MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CVKING
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
253 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0240 PM TSTM WND DMG SWANSEA 38.54N 89.99W
06/17/2006 ST. CLAIR IL PUBLIC
PRIVATE METEOROLOGIST ESTIMATED 70 MPH WINDS DOWNED
MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES.
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BRITTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
314 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM TSTM WND DMG NEW DOUGLAS 38.97N 89.67W
06/17/2006 MADISON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREE BRANCH DOWNED IN TOWN.
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BRITTThe St Louis radar (KLSX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large tree limbs were blown down. A few of the limbs landed on power lines in Litchfield.
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