1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 14, 12:00 PM CST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 100 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006 .UPDATE... HAVE UPDATED PUBLIC GRIDDED FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON. MAIN TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT WAS TO RAISE THEM FOR THE SERN HALF OF THE FA...WHERE WIDESPREAD AROUND 90F EXPECTED...AND COUPLED WITH DEW POINTS IN LOWER 70S...WILL PUSH HEAT INDICES CLOSE TO 100F IN MANY SPOTS THERE. FURTHER N IN THICKER CLOUD BAND...TEMPS WILL STRUGGLE TO CLIMB AND ONLY MADE MINOR TWEEKS THERE. ALSO ADJUSTED PCPN CHANCES AND CLOUD FORECAST. SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS. TES && .DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT BEGINNING TO MAKE ITS WAY INTO CWA EARLY THIS MORNING. AS OF 07Z...FRONT EXTENDED FROM NWRN IL THRU NERN MO AND INTO CNTRL OK. RWS AND TRWS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND AHEAD OF BOUNDARY...MAINLY AFFECTING NWRN HALF OF CWA. FOR TODAY...RWS AND TRWS TO DIMINISH AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES... THEN PICK UP AGAIN BY AFTERNOON. AS FOR PLACEMENT OF PCPN...IT WILL DEPEND ON WHERE THE FRONT IS. BEST CHANCES IN THE MORNING...WILL OF COURSE BE NORTH OF I-70...WHILE IN THE AFTERNOON IT WILL BE SOUTH OF I-70. ST. LOUIS IS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AGAIN AND COULD RECEIVE LITTLE OR NO PCPN WITH THIS SYSTEM. WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. AS FOR TEMPS...IT WILL DEPEND ON FRONTAL POSITION...CLOUD COVER AND PCPN. HAVE LOW 80S NORTH TO UPPER 80S IN THE SOUTH. BY TONIGHT...COLD FRONT TO MOVE OUT OF CWA...BRINGING PCPN CHANCES TO AN END. STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW AND DRIER DEWPTS MOVING INTO THE REGION WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S AS RIDGE BUILDS IN. DRY AND COOLER WEATHER TO PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS LIGHT NE TO E FLOW PERSISTS ACROSS REGION...BEFORE TEMPS WARM UP TOWARDS THE END OF THE WORK WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. BYRD && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS...CDFNT HAS VIRTUALLY CLEARED THE ENTIRE FA NOW PUSHING THE MAIN THUNDER THREAT SE WITH IT. HOWEVER...ANOTHER TROF IS SLIDING SE BEHIND THE CDFNT...AND THIS IS MOVING INTO AN AREA WITH WEAK CINH AND MAY BE ABLE TO GENERATE ENOUGH LO LEVEL CONVERGENCE COUPLED WITH WEAKENING VORT MAX TO CREATE THREAT FOR SCT SHRA/ISOLD TSRA THRU THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. PCPN THREAT TO THEN RAPIDLY DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. BAND OF LOWER CLOUDS WILL SLOWLY SLIDE SE THRU THE FA TODAY...BUT THE SUN WILL TAKE ITS TOLL...WEARING IT DOWN TO WHERE NOT MUCH MAY MAKE IT INTO THE SRN FA...AND KSTL/KSUS TERMINALS SHOULD LARGELY AVOID MUCH IN THE WAY OF CLOUDS BELOW 3KFT. ALL TAF SITES EXPECTED TO CLEAR OUT BY 01/02Z AND TO REMAIN CLEAR/MOSTLY CLEAR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE VALID TAF PERIOD. WITH MIN TEMPS IN THE LOWER 60S EXPECTED...AND MO RIVER TEMPS IN THE LOW-MID 80S...SHOULD SEE HEIGHTENED CHANCE FOR RIVER/STEAM FOG LATE TONIGHT...NOTABLY FOR THE KSUS TERMINAL. SYNOPTIC WINDS AREN/T PERFECT...BUT NOT BAD EITHER...AND HAVE PLACED IN IFR BCFG INTO THE TAF FORECAST. OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR NW-N SFC WINDS TO DIMINISH TO 5KTS OR LESS THIS EVENING WITH ONLY A SLIGHT RECOVERY EXPECTED UNDER A MODEST CU FIELD ON TUESDAY. TES && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && WFO LSX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1245 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-151200- 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- 1245 PM CDT MON AUG 14 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 CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. HOWEVER...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. TES
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A combination of large tree limbs down on power lines and lightning strikes knocked out power to much of St. Marys.
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