A strong cold front moved south through the area on Father's Day triggering showers and thunderstorms. Several storms became severe with reports of large hail and damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
A strong cold front moved south through the area on Father's Day triggering showers and thunderstorms. Several storms became severe with reports of large hail and damaging winds.
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 15, 11:21 AM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1221 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 .DISCUSSION... /412 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008/ COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS EARLY THIS MORNING. FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT. BY MONDAY EVENING, THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO EXTEND FROM NORTHEAST KY ACROSS NORTHERN AR INTO THE TX PANHANDLE. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION AT THAT TIME WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPS AND HUMIDITY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE FAIRLY CLOSE THURSDAY MORNING WITH 850 TEMPS OF 12-14C ACROSS THE AREA. UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT, MODELS ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR IN FORECASTING THAT A MCS WILL DEVELOP VICINITY OF NORTHWEST MO/SOUTHEAST NE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AREA IS UNDER AN AREA OF SIGNIFICANT DIVERGENCE ALOFT WITH AN UPPER JET OF 80 KTS FORECAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST BACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS. WITH COLD FRONT SLIDING INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND FAVORABLE VERTICAL MOTION AND INSTABILITY, EXPECT WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA. DRIER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS A LARGE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES INTO THE REGION. POPS WILL BE LOW UNTIL LATE IN THE WEEK. AT THAT TIME, THE LATEST RUNS OF THE GFS AND ECMWF FORECAST A SHORT WAVE WILL DIG ACROSS THE MIDWEST OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS. TPS && .AVIATION... /1213 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008/ FOR THE 18Z TAFS... PRIMARY CONCERN FOR AVIATORS WILL BE THE LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST MISSOURI TOWARD THE BI- STATE AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED BY SPC FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA UNTIL 00Z THIS EVENING. EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50KTS...HAIL...AND IFR CONDITIONS IN HEAVY RAIN AND LOW CIGS WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM CELLS. OUTSIDE THE STRONGEST STORMS...MARGINAL CIGS AND VSBYS WILL BE LIKELY WITH GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40KTS. THE LINE LOOKS LIKE IT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REST OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THROUGH THE EVENING. IT IS NOT YET APPARENT HOW THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING WILL AFFECT THE STORMS...BUT IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT THEY WILL WEAKEN SOMEWHAT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. CARNEY && .HYDROLOGY... LATEST RIVER FORECASTS ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON NOW HAVE A RECORD CREST FORECAST FROM CANTON L&D 20 TO LOUISIANA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF QUINCY L&D 21 WHICH IS FORECAST TO CREST WITHIN 1 FOOT OF THE RECORD. CLARKSVILLE AND WINFIELD ARE STILL FORECAST TO CREST WITHIN 0.5 FEET OF THE RECORD CREST AT EACH LOCATION. POINTS TO THE SOUTH OF CONFLUENCE OF THE ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI RIVERS ARE STILL FORECAST TO GO INTO MAJOR OR NEAR MAJOR FLOOD. THE INCREASE IN CRESTS WITH THE NEW FORECAST ARE BASED ON HEAVIER RAIN THAN WHAT WAS FORECAST UPSTREAM THURSDAY NIGHT. THE MISSOURI RIVER HAS CRESTED WITH THE FIRST FLOOD WAVE...BUT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY UNTIL A SECOND CREST CREATED BY THE PAST COUPLE DAYS OF RAIN MOVES DOWN THE RIVER EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE ILLINOIS RIVER AT HARDIN WILL GO INTO MAJOR FLOOD CAUSED PRIMARILY FROM BACKWATER FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && WFO LSX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 448 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-161000- 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- 448 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 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 MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS A PORTION OF THE AREA FOR THIS AFTEROON AND TONIGHT. THE AREA OF CONCERN IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM LINN IN OSAGE COUNTY TO ST LOUIS TO RAMSEY IN FAYETTE COUNTY. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG PARTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI...MISSOURI...AND ILLINOIS RIVERS. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PARTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI...MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS RIVERS. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and numerous tree limbs west of Edina. A couple of the trees blocked County Road 120 for a time until they could be cleared by a dozer. Also, several fences in the area sustained minor to moderate damage from the winds.
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