Tornado in Illinois, March 11, 2006

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
431 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN FORECAST CONCERN DEALS WITH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
AND FLASH FLOODING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.  SPC DOES HAVE A TORNADO
WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA AND HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE SERN THIRD OF THE CWA.  USED A COMBINATION OF
THE GFS/NAM SOLUTIONS FOR THIS PACKAGE...LEANING MORE TOWARD THE GFS
GIVEN ITS SUPPORT FROM THE OTHER GUIDANCE.

LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS ONGOING ALONG COLD FRONT CURRENTLY
NEAR A KIRK-KDMO LINE.  MODEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THIS LINE
IS ACTING AS A FOCUS FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT GIVEN CAPES UP TO
1,500 J/KG AND 0-6KM SHEAR ABOVE 60KTS.  MAIN CONCERN SO FAR HAS
BEEN LARGE HAIL WITH SOME REPORTS OF UP TO 3 DIAMETER IN THE
COLUMBIA AREA.  THINK THE CONVECTIVE MODE WILL CONTINUE TO GO FROM
DISCRETE TO MORE OF A LINE AS DEEP LAYER SHEAR VECTORS ARE ALIGNED
WITH THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE...AND COLD POOLS FROM THE STORMS
CONTINUE TO MERGE AS WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING.  GFS/NAM BOTH
SHOWING AXIS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND THETA-E ADVECTION
ROUGHLY ALONG A KFAM-KSTL-KSPI LINE BY 06Z.  THIS LINE WILL MOVE EWD
OVERNIGHT.  GIVEN RELATIVELY LOW 1-1.5 3 HOUR FFG IN THE SERN THIRD
OF THE CWA WHICH IS THE RESULT OF THURSDAYS RAIN...THINK THERE IS
ENOUGH OF A RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING TO ISSUE A WATCH AT THIS TIME.

MAIN AREA OF TSRA WILL BEGIN TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA LATE
TONIGHT/EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.  GFS/NAM DO SHOW SOME MODEST MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE AND THETA-E ADVECTION REFOCUSING OVER NRN MO LATER
TONIGHT AS LOW LEVEL WINDS BEGIN TO BACK IN RESPONSE TO NEXT
SHORTWAVE COMING OUT OF THE ROCKIES.  HAVE HELD ON TO SOME LOW POPS
IN THIS PART OF THE CWA AS A RESULT.

SHOULD SEE SOME REST PERIOD TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE WE CONTEND WITH
A POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK OVER THE CWA
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. MORE NOTEABLE SHORTWAVE WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE MIDWEST ON SUNDAY NIGHT WHICH ALLOW LOW LEVEL
WINDS TO BACK OVER THE REGION DURING THE DAY TRANSPORTING DECENT
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. LIKE TODAY...SHOULD SEE ENOUGH
SOLAR INSOLATION TO CAUSE MLCAPES TO EXCEED 2,000 J/KG. SUPERCELLS
ARE AGAIN LIKELY ON SUNDAY GIVEN 0-6KM SHEAR OF 50-80KTS. GIVEN
THE BACKING TO THE WINDS IN ADVANCE OF SURFACE LOW...LOW LEVEL
SHEAR WILL BE HIGHER TOMORROW WITH 0-1KM SHEAR IN THE 20-30KT
RANGE OVER OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. SO EXPECT ANOTHER
LINE OF SUPERCELLS TO DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON OVER THE NWRN PART
OF THE CWA AND MOVE SEWD DURING THE EVENING...ONCE AGAIN FORMING
INTO A LINE. ONCE AGAIN...THINK THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THIS LINE MOVES SEWD DURING NIGHT.

OTHERWISE...FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA DURING THE DAY ON
MONDAY BRINGING A RETURN OF THE COOL WEATHER.  LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL
BE SOME LOW CLOUDS MOVE INTO THE CWA ON MONDAY ON THE BACK SIDE OF
THE LOW.  USED A BLEND OF TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE EXTENDED GRIDS.  STILL SEEING SOME
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS WITH TIMING OF
SHORTWAVES...SO HAVE LEFT DRY FOR NOW.

BRITT

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.AVIATION...
FOR THE 18Z TAFS...AREA OF LOW STRATUS CLDS OVR THE SRN AND ERN
PRTNS OF THE FA SLOLY PUSHING NWD WITH THE LO LVL FLOW...BUT CIGS
ARE ALSO GETTING HIR AND CLDS THEMSELVES MORE CUMULIFORM. WL PLAN
ON CIGS...WHEN THEY GET TO KSTL/KSUS TAF SITES...ON BEING RIGHT NR
THE THREAHOLD OF VFR-MVFR. THIS AREA OF CLDS WL LKLY HANG IN THRU
THE EVNG HRS...WITH OCNL LWR CIGS ARND TSRA...WITH APPROACH OF
CDFNT LTR TNGT CLRG OUT THESE CLDS SOMEWHAT.

FURTHER NW...INTO THE KCOU/KUIN TAF SITES...CU FIELD HAS DVLPD ALG
MOISTURE/INSTABILITY AXIS OVR THESE TAF SITES AND IT IS ONLY A
MATTER OF TIME BFR CAP IS BROKEN AND TSRA IS INITIATED. AM EXPCG
THIS TO OCCUR SOMETIME DURG THE ERY AFTN HRS...WITH COVERAGE
EXPANDING INTO LATE AFTN/ERY EVNG BFR PCPN PUSHES OFF TO THE E.

WITH PRIOR PCPN...SOME CLRG (BETTER IN THE NWRN FA) AND LGT NE TO
E SFC WNDS FM CD FROPA...SHUD SEE SOME FOG DVLP LATE TNGT. UNTIL
EVOLUTION OF THINGS BCMS A LTL MORE CLR...HV LEFT LOWEST VSBYS IN
AS 3SM FOR NOW.

TES

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR IRON-JEFFERSON-
     MADISON-REYNOLDS-ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE-WASHINGTON.

IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR BOND IL-CLINTON
     IL-FAYETTE IL-MARION IL-MONROE IL-RANDOLPH IL-ST. CLAIR IL-
     WASHINGTON IL.

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WFO LSX

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1145 AM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-121200-
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-
1145 AM CST SAT MAR 11 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
TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY PUSHES
THROUGH. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL OR LARGER. DAMAGING WINDS AND
TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...BUT WITH LESSER LIKELIHOODS OF
OCCURRENCE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR LATE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS ANOTHER STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM CROSSES
THROUGH THE AREA LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUPERCELLS ARE
EXPECTED...WITH LARGE HAIL...WIND DAMAGE...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THIS WILL BE A VERY ACTIVE WEATHER WEEKEND. SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT...LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND OTHER INTERESTS SHOULD KEEP A
CLOSE WEATHER WATCH THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. WEATHER WILL TEND TO
DEVELOP RAPIDLY...AND QUICK ACTION MAY BE NECESSARY. STAY TUNED
FOR LATEST STATEMENTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

TES

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
406 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     HAIL             4 NW LADDONIA           39.28N 91.70W
03/11/2006  M1.75 INCH       AUDRAIN            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0400 PM     HAIL             4 S PERRY               39.37N 91.67W
03/11/2006  E1.75 INCH       RALLS              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0400 PM     HAIL             7 S PERRY               39.33N 91.67W
03/11/2006  E0.75 INCH       RALLS              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
419 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0405 PM     HAIL             4 SE COLUMBIA           38.91N 92.27W
03/11/2006  E1.00 INCH       BOONE              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0405 PM     HAIL             HANNIBAL                39.71N 91.38W
03/11/2006  E1.00 INCH       MARION             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0406 PM     HAIL             1 N EASLEY              38.81N 92.38W
03/11/2006  E1.75 INCH       BOONE              MO   AMATEUR RADIO

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
429 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0412 PM     HAIL             COLUMBIA                38.95N 92.33W
03/11/2006  E1.75 INCH       BOONE              MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 3 INCHES DEEP ON THE GROUND AT THE
            INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 63 AND 163

0420 PM     HAIL             HULL                    39.71N 91.21W
03/11/2006  E0.88 INCH       PIKE               IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0428 PM     TSTM WND GST     JAMESTOWN               38.77N 92.48W
03/11/2006  E60 MPH          MONITEAU           MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
442 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0441 PM     HAIL             1 S COLUMBIA            38.94N 92.33W
03/11/2006  E0.75 INCH       BOONE              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
447 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0436 PM     HAIL             FRANKFORD               39.49N 91.32W
03/11/2006  E1.00 INCH       PIKE               MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ALSO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS

0430 PM     HAIL             2 N AUXVASSE            39.05N 91.89W
03/11/2006  E0.75 INCH       CALLAWAY           MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0425 PM     HAIL             6 S COLUMBIA            38.87N 92.33W
03/11/2006  E1.75 INCH       BOONE              MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            DENSE FOG ALSO FORMING

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
451 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     HAIL             VANDALIA                39.31N 91.49W
03/11/2006  E0.75 INCH       AUDRAIN            MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

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