Lightning strikes knocked out power to about 6000 customers and also started a house fire.
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Lightning strikes knocked out power to about 6000 customers and also started a house fire.
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 Jun 10, 5:45 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 645 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007 .DISCUSSION... SURFACE RIDGE IS HANGING TOUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES...UPPER MIDWEST AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE IS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME MAKING THE GREAT CIRCLE ROUTE AROUND THE SOUTHERN END OF THE RIDGE...BUT ITS CREPT BACK INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ALREADY...AND WILL TRY TO MAKE IT BACK INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI BY THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS HAVE BROKEN OUT OVER PARTS OF WESTERN MISSOURI...APPARENTLY ON THE NOSE OF A WEAK LOW LEVEL JET. THIS ACTIVITY IS DRIFTING EAST...AND COULD AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING. AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTENS UP THROUGH THE DAY...MODERATE INSTABILITY DEVELOPS AND ANY BOUNDARIES THAT ARE LEFT OVER FROM THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION WILL BECOME FOCI FOR CONVECTION. THINK MOST OF THE ACTION WILL STAY WEST OF OUR AREA WHERE INSTABILITY IS GREATEST...THOUGH SCATTERED STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ARENT OUT OF THE QUESTION. OVERNIGHT FORECAST FOR TONIGHT WAS DIFFICULT DUE TO MODEL INCONSISTENCIES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ONGOING CONVECTION FROM THE AFTERNOON. THE GFS BROKE OUT A RIDGE RUNNING MCS OVER NEBRASKA AND DROPPED IT SOUTHEAST ACROSS MISSOURI. IF TAKEN VERBATIM...THIS MCS WOULD ROLL SOUTHEAST FROM NEAR ST. JOSEPH TO THE ST. LOUIS METRO AREA OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO KENTUCKY. THE GFS PRINTS OUT BETWEEN 3 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SWATH ALONG ITS PATH. AFTER DISCUSSION WITH HPC AND SURROUNDING OFFICES...WE FELT THAT THE GFS WAS SUFFERING FROM GRID-SCALE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK AND HAVE DISMISSED THIS SOLUTION. A BLEND OF THE 00Z NAM AND THE SPC NMM WRF WAS PREFERRED FOR TONIGHTS FORECAST WHICH BROKE OUT CONVECTION ON THE LOW LEVEL JET BUT DID NOT DEVELOP AS MUCH CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK. THAT BEING SAID SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI. ANY CONVECTION THAT DOES FORM COULD CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. RAIN CHANCES DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM AS THE TROFS OVER THE EASTERN AND WESTERN CONUS DEEPEN WHICH BUILDS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE MIDWEST. THIS WILL KEEP THE SURFACE RIDGE ANCHORED OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND EAST/NORTHEAST WINDS PUMPING DRIER AIR BACK INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL...OR JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE. EXPECT HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 80S AND LOWS MAINLY IN THE 60S. CARNEY && .AVIATION... FOR THE 12Z TAFS... ALL TAF SITES NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ARE VFR WITH NO PROBLEMS. THE TOUGH ONE THIS MORNING IS COLUMBIA. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO THE WEST BUT ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME MOVING EAST TO REACH KCOU. THE AIR IS DRY OVER EASTERN MISSOURI AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE ACTIVITY IS SLOWL I HAVE THUNDER WITH LOCAL VSBYS TO 3/4 MILE THERE UNTIL 14Z WITH LIGHT RAIN FOR A COUPLE HOURS AFTER THAT. WILL HAVE TO WATCH TO SEE IF THAT UNFOLDS. BUSY WITH OTHER PRODUCTS NOW.... PEDIGO && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && WFO LSX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 614 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-111115- GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL- CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX-LEWIS- SHELBY-MARION-MONROE-RALLS-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU-COLE-OSAGE- CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN-ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN- ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON- ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE-IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS- 614 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...PRIMARILY ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. WHILE THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AGAIN THE THREAT FOR STORMS WILL BE PRIMARILY ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. CARNEY
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning strikes knocked out power to at least 6000 customers and also started a house fire. A house in the 1500 block of Vieth Drive was hit around 8:00 am CDT, knocking a hole in the side of the home. A small fire started causing about $5000 in damage.
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