Scattered pulse type severe storms formed over Southeast Missouri.
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The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
Scattered pulse type severe storms formed over Southeast Missouri.
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 May 25, 11:56 AM CST, 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1256 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007 .DISCUSSION... PINNING DOWN POP TRENDS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND IS THE MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS FCST CYCLE. SYNOPTICALLY...MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GD AGREEMENT THAT UPR RDG OVR SE U.S. WL HOLD FIRM INTO MON...WITH WESTERLIES BREAKING DOWN THE N EXTENSION OF THE RDG OVR NEW ENGLAND DURG THE NXT 48 HRS. SW-W UPR LVL FLOW WL PERSIST OVR THE CNTRL U.S...WITH RATHER WK AND ILL-DEFINED SHTWVS EMBDD IN THE FLOW PASSING OVR OUR CWA. WITH LACK OF DETAIL IN THE UPR LVL FTRS ITS DFCLT TO TIME OR PIN DOWN PCPN THRT WITH UPR DYNAMICS... SO THIS FCST PKG HAS TIED POPS TO LO LVL FORCING ASSOC WITH THE FNTL BNDRYS THAT WL BE IMPACTING OUR AREA...AS WELL AS DIURNAL HTG OF MDTLY UNSTBL AMS THAT WL BE DRAPED ACR AREA. RDGG HAS...AND WL CONT TO...IMPEDE E PROGRESSION OF THE INITIAL SFC CDFNT THRU TNGT. FNT FINALLY MADE IT THRU KSTL AREA BTWN 05-08Z...BUT PROGS CERTAINLY SUGGEST THAT IT WONT GET TOO MUCH FURTHER S THIS MRNG BFR COMPLETELY STALLING OUT...THEN WASHING OUT OVRNGT TNGT. WL GO WITH SCT WORDING FOR SHWRS/TSRA TDA IN ALMOST ALL AREAS TDA EXCEPT XTRM NW AND SE SECTIONS. LT AFTN CNVTN SHUD WKN THIS EVE...WITH WAA ACR WKNG FNT REFOCUSING POPS OVR N AREAS LTR TNGT. NXT CDFNT IS FCST TO PUSH FROM MID MO VLY INTO N MO/CNTRL IL ON SAT-SUN. AS MENTIONED ABV...HV TIED GREATEST POPS TO AREAS IN THE VCNTY OF THIS FNT...PRIMARILY OVR THE N HLF OF THE CWA...WITH LESSER POPS FURTHER S WHERE HTG SHUD DESTABLIZE AMS ENUF TO GENERATE SCTD AFTN CVNTN. IT MAY BE THAT WE WL HV TO UP POPS AND QPF ON SUN FOR AREAS N OF I-70...IF STG SFC CNVGC FCST BY GFS AND WRF/NAM PERSISTS ON LTR MODEL RUNS. GOING TEMP TRENDS LOOK GOOD...SO ONLY A FEW TWEEKS ARE RQRD. TRUETT && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS... AT MIDDAY THE QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHED FROM SOUTH CENTRAL IL TO JUST SOUTH OF ST LOUIS THROUGH SW MO. MVFR AND SOME IFR CIGS HAVE BEEN CONFINED TO THE COOL SIDE OF THE FRONT ALONG WITH AREAS OF -RA. THE AIR MASS SOUTH OF THE FRONT HAS BECOME RATHER UNSTABLE AND SCT TSRA HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST HR OR SO AS A RESULT. THE GENERAL TREND SHOULD BE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR ACROSS SRN MO TO TRACK NEWD AND IMPACT STL VCNTY TAFS AND POSSIBLY KCOU LATER THIS AFTERNOON. BY MID-LATE AFTERNOON THE FRONTAL BNDRY SHOULD BEGIN A SLOW NORTHWARD MOVEMENT THAT SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE FRONT EXTDG FROM SRN IA INTO CNTRL IL BY 12Z SAT. UPON THE NWD FROPA AND ACCOMPANYING WIND SHIFT TO THE SOUTH...CIGS SHOULD IMPROVE DRAMATICALLY. GLASS && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && WFO LSX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 605 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-261115- 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- 605 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 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 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY INTO THURSDAY. ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT...THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THIS PERSISTENT THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PRODUCED BY A SERIES OF FRONTAL BOUNDARIES THAT ARE FORECAST TO PUSH INTO THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. TRUETT
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A couple of trees were downed near the intersection of Highway K and W.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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