Isolated severe thunderstorms caused wind damage across Northern Franklin and Jefferson counties. A lighting strike in Columbia caused a fire at a business.
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The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms caused wind damage across Northern Franklin and Jefferson counties. A lighting strike in Columbia caused a fire at a business.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 1:47 PM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 247 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2007 .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM FCST PBLM CONTS TO BE PRECIP AND POSSIBILITY OF SVR WX. AIRMASS HAS DESTABILIZED THIS AFTN ALLOWING FOR MOD INSTABILITY ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA. CONVECTIVE DEBRIS HAS LIMITED SOLAR INSOLATION IN THE NRN THIRD OF THE CWA. MDLS HAVE DROPPED K INDICES FOR TDY. HOWEVER...GIVEN SHEAR VECTOR TRAINING CELLS MAY BE PSBL ALLOWING FOR LOCALLY HVY RA. THE CDFNT WL CONTINUE TO PUSH SWD THIS AFTN...TAKING THE CHCS OF PRECIP WITH IT. MOST OF THE PRECIP SHUD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY LATE TMW MRNG. HAVE SLGT CHCS FOR SRN AND SWRN PORTIONS OF THE CWA TO ACCOUNT FOR POSSIBLE POST FNTL PRECIP EARLY TMW MRNG. TEMPS TMW SHUD BE 7 TO 8 DEGREES BLW AVG TMW WITH MAX TEMPS IN THE LWR 80S. TEMPS WL REMAIN NEAR AVG FOR REMAINDER OF FCST PD. DWPTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE RELATIVELY LOW FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. DWPTS SHUD START TO RISE ON WED AS THE GULF BEGINS TO OPEN UP. LITTLE HAS CHNGD IN THE EXTD FCST SINCE YTD. MUCH OF EXTD LOOKS TO BE SLGTY BLW AVG FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. WARM UP WL BEGIN ON WED WITH AVG MAX TEMPS. FCST REMAINS DRY ATTM. HOWEVER...GFS HAS SUBSTANTIAL MSTR RTN ON THURS WITH LITTLE OR NO CAP IN PLACE. IF THIS VERIFIES...ISO AFTN TSRA WL BE PSBL FOR AREAS S OF I70. DUE TO CONSIDERABLE DIFFS BETWEEN GFS AND ECMWF...INTRODUCED ONLY SILENT SLGT CHCS THURS INTO FRI. TILLY && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS... WEAK COLD FRONT IS DIPPING DOWN INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF THE FRONT ARE PRODUCING LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL AND SOME CIGS IN BELOW VFR...IN THE 2000-3000FT RANGE MOSTLY. EXPECT STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE WARM AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT. COULD SEE WIND GUSTS AROUND 50KTS IN THE STRONGEST STORMS AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL. AFTER THE FRONT GOES THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING EXPECT SURFACE FLOW TO TURN TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST. COULD SEE SOME PATCHES OF MARGINAL OR EVEN IFR CLOUDS/FOG HANGING AROUND DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AROUND KFAM WHICH WILL BE CLOSER TO THE FRONT AND ANY LINGERING PRECIP. CARNEY && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && WFO LSX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 600 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2007 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-095>101-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036- 042-051-052-060-061-063-064-201100- GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-CALHOUN IL- JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-KNOX-LEWIS-SHELBY-MARION-MONROE- RALLS-PIKE-AUDRAIN-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-WARREN-ST. CHARLES- ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY- 600 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CENTRAL MISSOURI...EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE HUMID AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND THIS EVENING. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1 ILZ079-102-MOZ041-047>050-059-062-065-072>075-084-085-099-201100- RANDOLPH IL-MONROE IL-BOONE-MONITEAU-COLE-OSAGE-CALLAWAY- GASCONADE-FRANKLIN-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON-ST. FRANCOIS- STE. GENEVIEVE-IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS- 600 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...CENTRAL MISSOURI...EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE HUMID AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND THIS EVENING. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1 GKS
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lighting strike around 3:00 pm CDT caused a fire at the Creative Photo Photography Studio at 2201 Old Highway 63. Five employees and a dog were able to escape unharmed. The fire is believed to have started in the attic. Damage was estimated at $150,000.
Local law enforcement reported several large tree limbs down on the south side of town.
Local law enforcement reported several large tree limbs blocking roads in the Labadie area. A couple of power lines were also downed.
Local emergency management reported some trees and power lines down in Pacific. About half the town lost power for 4 - 5 hours.
Local law enforcement reported several large tree limbs down along Highway 141.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, July 2007
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: 46991, 46969, 46966, 46973, 46961.