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, 2:48 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 348 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006 .DISCUSSION... CNVTN HAS REFIRED THIS AFTN OVR SE SECTIONS OF FA...WHERE AMPLE MORNING/EARLY AFTN SUNSHINE ALLOWED MUCAPES TO PUSH TO ARND 4000 J/KG. BEST COVERAGE FOR THE NXT FEW HRS IS AND WL RMN ALG PREFRONTAL TROF/WND SHIFT OVR SE THIRD OF FA...WITH MORE SPOTTY COVERAGE FURTHER W IN THE VCNTY OF THE TRUE CDFNT...WHICH IS NR A K3LF-KAIZ LN AT 20Z. PCPN WL WIND DOWN ACR FA ERY THIS EVE AS SFC TROF AND CDFNT PUSH INTO OHIO VALLEY AND SFC RDG USHERS COOLER...LESS HUMID...AND MORE STBL AMS INTO MID MSVLY. FOR THE RMNDR OF THE SHORT TERM...AREA WL RMN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A SPRAWLING SFC RDG THAT WL SLOWLY DRIFT FROM GTLKS INTO NE U.S. THE PRIMARY SWD PENETRATION OF THE COLD AIR ASSOC WITH THE RDG WL BE INTO THE GTLKS EWD...SO TEMPS SHUD RMN AT OR JUST A BIT ABV NORMAL DURG PD. OVR THE PAST FEW WEEKS MOS GUID HAS BEEN A BIT TOO COOL WITH THE DAYTIME HI FCSTS SO HV TWEEKED MAX TEMPS MORE IN LN WITH THE NAM 2M TEMPS...WHICH ARE GENLY 1-3 DEGREES ABV MAV MOS. EXCEPTION TO THIS THINKING MAY BE TO MINS OVR SE AREAS...WHERE FAVORABLE CONDS FOR RADIATIONAL COOLING WL EXIST BOTH TUE AND WED NGTS. IN THE EXTENDED...UPR RDG IS STILL FCST TO BUILD BACK INTO S PLAINS AND LWR AND MID MSVLY VLY...BUT PSTN OF RDG IS SUCH THAT FA WL BE ON S FRINGES OF WESTERLIES. WITH MDT UNSTBL AMS BNTH RDG...AND DYNAMICS THAT DO BRUSH AREA WL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING CNVTN. FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS WEVE HAD VRY LO POPS IN N AREAS...BUT HAVE UPPED THOSE A BIT FOR FRI NGT AND SAT TO ACCT FOR A BIT MORE ENERGY. IN ADDITION...MDLS ARE NOW ALLOWING WK FNT/TROF TO SETTLE ACR THE FA HEADING INTO ERY NXT WEEK...SO HV CLIMO-TYPE POPS TO ACCT FOR THIS. TRUETT && .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 355 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006 ILZ058>060-064-065-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042- 047>052-059>065-072-073-151100- 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- 355 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. A FEW OF THESE STORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS 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. ILZ069-070-074-079-MOZ074-075-084-085-099-151100- CLINTON IL-IRON-MADISON-MARION IL-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-ST FRANCOIS- STE GENEVIEVE-WASHINGTON IL- 355 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS EXPECTED TO END BY SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE URGE TO REPORT ANY STRONG WINDS OR HAIL THAT OCCURS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. TES/TRUETT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
444 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG 11 NW POTOSI 38.05N 90.93W
08/14/2006 WASHINGTON MO TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE LIMBS DOWN
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BMILLERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
503 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E FREDERICKTOWN 37.56N 90.26W
08/14/2006 MADISON MO TRAINED SPOTTER
5 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN PARTIALLY BLOCKING STREETS.
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TILLYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
531 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM TSTM WND DMG NEW PALESTINE 38.00N 89.82W
08/14/2006 RANDOLPH IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHED ROOF BLOWN OFF...POWER LINES AND TREES DOWNED ON
DIAMOND CROSS RD AND DAWNVIEW RD.
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TILLYThe St Louis radar (KLSX), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was blown onto Highway 72 just east of Fredericktown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, August 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5525450.