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 Jul 4, 1:09 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 209 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 2006 .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT CONTINUED TO SAG SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA AT THIS TIME. A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS CENTERED OVER THE DAKOTAS. SHEER WEIGHT OF THE COLD AIR WILL PUSH THE FRONT THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA BY THIS EVENING. DRIER AIR WAS BEGINNING TO ADVECT OUT OF IOWA INTO NORTHERN MO WITH DEPOINTS IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S. THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE INTO THE AREA AND WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE REGION ON THURSDAY. IT WILL PROVIDE PLEASANT EARLY JULY TEMPS WITH LOWER HUMIDITY. ISOLATED CONVECTION CONTINUED ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS AND SOUTHWEST IL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE LATEST MSAS DATA INDICATED THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR WAS OVER SOUTHEAST MO WITH LSS AROUND -6. SURFACE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IS THE BEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH A SECOND AREA ACROSS CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST MO. WEAK CONVECTION WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST MO AT THIS TIME. LOW POPS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING SOUTH OF US HIGHWAY 36. IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD, THE 12Z RUNS OF THE GFS, UKMET AND EUROPEAN ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR AT H5 SATURDAY MORNING WITH UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. MODELS FORECAST A SHORT WAVE WILL DROP DOWN FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE IN THE WEEKEND WITH NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE REGION. && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS... COLD FRONT HAS NOT MADE VERY FAST PROGRESS ACROSS MO AS OF 17Z. IT EXTENDS FROM EC IL THROUGH STL THEN SOUTHWESTWARD INTO OK. MORNING RWS/TRWS HAVE WEAKENED...THOUGH HAVE SOME ACTIVITY DEVELOPING OVER SW IL AND SE MO. WILL KEEP KUIN DRY...WITH JUST A TWO HOUR TEMPO GROUP IN KCOU AS FRONT IS SOUTH OF THESE TWO SITES. AS FOR KSUS AND KSTL...WILL KEEP A 4 HOUR TEMPO GROUP THROUGH 22Z AS FRONT LINGERS NEARBY. THEN CLEAR REGION FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BY THIS EVENING. BYRD && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && WFO LSX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 306 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 2006 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-051200- 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- 306 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT...MAINLY SOUTH OF A QUINCY TO PARIS LINE...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. BYRD
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:04 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees, numerous large tree limbs and several power lines.
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