Isolated severe thunderstorms caused tree damage in Cole, Warren and St. Louis counties.
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Isolated severe thunderstorms caused tree damage in Cole, Warren and St. Louis counties.
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 18, 1:58 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 258 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 .DISCUSSION... LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER SASKATCHEWAN THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE LOW ACROSS EASTERN MN AND SOUTHEASTERN NEB INTO THE TX PANHANDLE. THE COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION ON TUESDAY WITH DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR. UPPER SHORT WAVE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO NORTHEAST TX THIS MORNING WILL LIFT NORTHEASTWARD INTO EASTERN MO BY THIS EVENING. THE GFS, UKMET AND NAM HAVE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT PAST SEVERAL RUNS WITH THIS FEATURE. PLENTIFUL MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE WITH KS FORECAST IN THE MIDDLE 30S. POPS WILL BE CATEGORICAL ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. THE MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN FORECASTING DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON TUESDAY. UPPER HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BUILD ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. EARLY IN THE WEEK. BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL COVER THE AREA OF THE COUNTRY FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES/CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY. THE GFS, UKMET AND NAM ARE INDICATING A SHORT WAVE WILL ROLL OVER THE TOP OF THE RIDGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT/EARLY THURSDAY AND INITIATE A MCS. THE GFS AND EUROPEAN MODELS FORECAST A MORE POTENT SHORT WAVE WILL ROLL DOWN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST THURSDAY NIGHT/EARLY FRIDAY. ITS A LONG WAY DOWN THE ROAD BUT WILL INCLUDE LOW POPS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA FOR LATE IN THE WEEK. THE GFS FORECASTS A MCS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY EVENING AND THEN ROLL SOUTHEASTWARD THURSDAY NIGHT. THE GFS AND EUROPEAN ARE VERY SIMILAR FOR THE WEEKEND IN EXPANDING A MONSTER HIGH IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. BY SUNDAY MORNING, BOTH MODELS FORECAST A 592-594 GPM HIGH AT 500 MBS CENTERED OVER THE 4 CORNERS. SYSTEM WILL COVER ABOUT HALF THE COUNTRY. BY MONDAY MORNING, BOTH MODLES FORECAST A 594-596 GPM H5 HIGH CENTERED OVER KANSAS CITY. 850 MB TEMPS ARE FORECAST TO BE 20-22C ACROSS THE AREA BY MONDAY. LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN AT NIGHT. TPS && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS...MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IS PCPN TIMING AND CHANCES. APPEARS THERE WILL BE THREE MAIN CHANCES AFFECTING THE AREA THRU THE VALID TAF PERIOD. FIRST IS OCCURRING OVER THE AREA NOW...WITH A BAND OF SHRA FROM KIRK-KSTL-KMDH. THIS IS EXPECTED BY THE MODELS TO WEAKEN OVER TIME AS IT PUSHES NEWD. THE NEXT AREA OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITH VORT MAX...WHICH USED TO BE THE OLD CUTOFF OVER THE SRN PLAINS...AS IT MOVES NEWD INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SHOULD SEE THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDER WITH THIS FEATURE. THE FINAL AREA OF RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THE CDFNT ITSELF AS IT PUSHES THRU THE FA LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. MOSTLY SHRA EXPECTED WITH THIS FEATURE WITH A SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDER. SOME LO CLOUDS...WHERE THE MAIN AREA IS LOCATED OVER WRN MO AND ERN KS AND ERN OK...EXPECTED TO ADVECT INTO THE KUIN/KCOU AREAS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND EVENTUALLY INTO THE KSTL/KSUS AREA LATER TONIGHT. WITH A RATHER SHARPLY DEFINED CDFNT THOUGH...CLOUDS EXPECTED TO CLEAR OUT WITH FROPA OR SHORTLY AFTER...AROUND 07Z AT KUIN...10Z AT KCOU...12Z AT KSTL/KSUS. AFTER THIS...LOOK FOR FEW IF ANY CLOUDS ON TUESDAY. OTHERWISE...SOME GUSTINESS TO THE WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS OCNL HOLES IN THE CLOUDS ALLOW ABILITY TO TAP 20-25KT 500M AGL WINDS. TES && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && WFO LSX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 328 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-191200- 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- 328 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING OVER A SMALL PORTION OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE AREA...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:07 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Amateur radio spotters reported three large tree limbs down along Clayton Road near Kirksville Road.
The County Sheriff reported a couple of large trees and large tree limbs down just north of Marthasville.
Thunderstorm wind gusts downed some large tree limbs along Winston Drive.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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