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NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 24, 4:46 PM CST, 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
546 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
.DISCUSSION...
FORECAST DISCUSSION WILL FOCUS ON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS SEVERE
WEATHER EPISODE AND THE SUMMERLIKE PATTERN THAT WILL TAKE HOLD OF
THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK.
UPPER LOW CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN PLAINS WILL SLOWLY MOVE
EAST AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AND ATTENDANT COLD FRONT MOVE TOWARD
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS RETURNED
TO CWA AS DEWPOINTS HAVE RISEN INTO THE 60S. WITH ABUNDANT
INSOLATION THIS AFTERNOON...CONVECTION DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI WILL STRENGTHEN AND SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. ALL PARAMETERS
ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE.
COLD FRONT MAKES IT TO I-70 BY DAYBREAK...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
SOUTHEASTERN THIRD OF THE CWA...ALTHOUGH AT THIS POINT BELIEVE BEST
POTENTIAL WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF OUR CWA. OTHERWISE...UPPER LOW DIGS
SOUTH TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...BRINGING CLOUDS AND THE CHANCE
OF SHOWERS TO AT LEAST THE NORTHEASTERN THIRD OF THE CWA THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL CLEAR AND HEIGHTS WILL RISE QUICKLY ON FRIDAY
AS HIGH PRESSURE AND THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVERHEAD. ALL MODELS
INDICATE A WARM FRONTAL PASSAGE EARLY ON SATURDAY AND THEREFORE
COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION EARLY IN THE DAY ON
SATURDAY...BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IS IN THE WAKE OF THE WARM FRONT THE
WIND WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND THE HOTTEST WEATHER OF THE YEAR THUS
FAR WILL FLOOD THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. OVERALL THE KEY TO
THIS WEEKEND (SATURDAY AND SUNDAY) WILL BE HOT AND DRY AS A STRONG
CAP WILL BE IN PLACE AS +20C 850MB TEMPERATURES OVERSPREAD THE
REGION. IN FACT...COULD NOT RULE OUT A FEW RECORD HIGHS BEING TIED
OR BROKEN.
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THIS WEEKEND FOLLOW:
ST. LOUIS COLUMBIA QUINCY
SATURDAY 93 92 91
SUNDAY 93 91 94
AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO SLIDE EAST ON MONDAY AND COLLAPSE
BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...THE REGION WILL BECOME INFLUENCED BY A
MORE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND WEAKER CAP. DISTURBANCES MOVING
ALONG THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE WILL INTIATE
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE THE
SUMMERLIKE WEATHER PATTERN IS PROGGED TO CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK AS 850MB TEMPERATURES ARE TO REMAIN ABOVE +15C.
CVKING
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 00Z TAFS...SCT TSRA SHOULD CONT TO DVLP FM COU TO STL AREA THIS
EVNG. IT APRS THAT THE CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN S OF UIN. DO NOT
SEE MUCH CLOUDINESS FOR UIN TGT AS MID LVL CLOUD CVR OVR IA WILL
LIKELY REMAIN N OF UIN LOOKING AT SATELLITE LOOP. MOST OF THE
CONVECTION SHOULD PUSH SE OF STL AREA FOR THE OVERNIGHT HRS WITH
LTL IF ANY CLOUD CVR LTR TGT FOR COU...STL AND SUS. UIN SHOULD GET
SOME WRAP ARND MID LVL CLOUDINESS ON THU...OTHERWISE TAF SITES
SHOULD HAVE DIURNAL CUMULUS ON THU. SCT SHRA OR TSRA MAY DVLP IN
UIN...STL AND SUS THU AFTN BUT PLAN TO LEAVE OUT OF THE TAF FCST
ATTM. SWLY SFC WNDS SHOULD GRADUALLY VEER ARND TO THE W ON THU
BHND WK SFC TROF/CDFNT.
GKS
&&
.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
&&
WFO LSXHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 110 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 ILZ058>060-064-065-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042- 047>052-059>065-072-073-251100- ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-COLE- CRAWFORD-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL-JEFFERSON-JERSEY IL- KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MARION-MONITEAU-MONROE- MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY-MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE-PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-SHELBY- ST CHARLES-ST CLAIR IL-ST LOUIS-ST LOUIS CITY-WARREN-WASHINGTON- 110 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST ON THURSDAY AS THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY ADVANCES THROUGH THE AREA. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS MORE TYPICAL OF SUMMER WILL GRIP THE AREA FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR RECORD LEVELS...AVERAGING 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ILZ069-070-074-079-MOZ074-075-084-085-099-251100- CLINTON IL-IRON-MADISON-MARION IL-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-ST FRANCOIS- STE GENEVIEVE-WASHINGTON IL- 110 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD IMPACT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST ON THURSDAY AS THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY ADVANCES THROUGH THE AREA. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS MORE TYPICAL OF SUMMER WILL GRIP THE AREA FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR RECORD LEVELS...AVERAGING 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS EVENING. GLASS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
541 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG NOKOMIS 39.30N 89.29W
05/24/2006 MONTGOMERY IL TRAINED SPOTTER
WINDS ESTIMATED OVER 60MPH...NUMEROUS TREE BRANCHES AND
WHOLE TREES BLOWN OVER.
&&
BMILLERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
544 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0544 PM HAIL BELLEVILLE 38.53N 90.00W
05/24/2006 M1.75 INCH ST. CLAIR IL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BMILLERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
546 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM HAIL SCOTT AFB 38.54N 89.85W
05/24/2006 E1.00 INCH ST. CLAIR IL TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND TREES DOWN - WINDS ESTIMATED OVER
50 MPH. HAIL HAS BEEN FALLING FOR FIVE MINUTES.
&&
BMILLERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
549 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0547 PM HAIL SCOTT AFB 38.54N 89.85W
05/24/2006 E1.75 INCH ST. CLAIR IL TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL RANGING FROM QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE LASTING 5
MINUTES.
&&
BMILLERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
552 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N GREENVILLE 38.95N 89.40W
05/24/2006 BOND IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES DOWNED.
&&
BMILLERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
600 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM HAIL BLOOMSDALE 38.01N 90.22W
05/24/2006 M0.75 INCH STE. GENEVIEVE MO COUNTY OFFICIAL
&&
BMILLERThe St Louis radar (KLSX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:03 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Downburst winds blew down numerous trees throughout town and several power poles were snapped. One of the downed trees fell onto a home causing damage to the roof. No injuries were reported.
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