A strong cold front moved through the region, triggering showers and thunderstorms. Numerous reports of damaging winds and flash flooding occurred with this event.
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A strong cold front moved through the region, triggering showers and thunderstorms. Numerous reports of damaging winds and flash flooding occurred with this event.
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 24, 5:37 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
637 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010
.DISCUSSION...
/400 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010/
THE COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM SE IOWA TO SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON...INTERSECTED BY AN OUTFLOW BNDRY STRETCHING FROM
CENTRAL IL TO NEAR KCDJ. ALONG AND AHEAD OF THESE BOUNDARIES THE
HOT AND HUMID AIR MASS BLANKETING THE AREA IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH
SBCAPES OF 4500-5500 J/KG. THERE HAS BEEN A GOOD DEAL OF
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE LAST HOUR OR SO ALONG THE COLD
FRONT...WHILE ELEVATED ACTIVITY PERSISTS IN NW MO IN THE WAKE OF
THE FRONT...AIDED BY LIFT FROM THE PROGRESSIVE UPSTREAM SHORT WAVE
AND LOW LEVEL WAA. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN
AREAL COVERAGE THROUGH EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARIES AND
ACROSS NRN MO INTO WEST CENTRAL IL. DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS WEAK BUT
THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY AND LINEAR FORCING IS SUFFICIENT FOR
ORGANIZED MULTICELL STORMS AND A PERIOD OF SEVERE. GIVEN THE HIGH
FREEZING LEVELS...DEEP WARM CLOUD DEPTHS OF 4-5 KM AND PWS
150-200% OF NORMAL...THE MAIN THREATS APPEAR TO BE HEAVY RAIN AND
DAMAGING WINDS. SEVERE THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH BY MID-LATE EVENING
AND THE GUIDANCE SUGGESTS AND AN OVERALL DECREASE IN STORM
COVERAGE AS WELL BY MIDNIGHT. THE CURRENT SEVERE WEATHER WATCH
ACROSS NRN/CENTRAL MO INTO WEST CENTRAL IL COVERS THE SEVERE
THREAT. THE HEAT HEADLINES WILL BE ALLOWED TO PERSIST THROUGH 800
PM IN LIGHT OF THE OPPRESSIVE DANGEROUS HEAT...TODAY IS THE WORST
THUS FAR THIS SUMMER.
THIS FORECAST MOSTLY CLOSELY FOLLOWED THE NAM...LOCAL WRF AND SREF
WITH THE GFS APPEARING TO SUFFER FROM CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK. ONE
RAMIFICATION OF THE GFS FEEDBACK IS IT DEVELOPS A SFC LOW IN SE KS
TONIGHT RETARDING THE SOUTHWARD FRONT PROGRESS AND KEEPING PCPN
FURTHER NORTH. AS STATED...FAVOR THE OTHER SOLUTIONS WHICH HAVE
THE FRONT DRAPPED FROM NE OK ACROSS SE MO INTO SRN IL AT 12Z
SUNDAY...POSSIBLY TOUCHING THE SRN-MOST CWA COUNTIES. THE FRONT
THEN SETTLES SOUTHWARD INTO AR AND TN BY 00Z SUN AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS FROM THE UPPER MS VLY INTO THE GREAT LAKES. WELCOME DRIER
AND COOLER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT
ENDING THE DANGEROUS HEAT. THE HIGHEST POPS WILL REMAIN CONFINED
TO THE FRONTAL ZONE WHERE THE GREATEST LOWER TROP FORCING AND FLOW
EXIST. THIS RESULTS IN LOW POPS PERSISTING ACROSS SE MO AND SRN IL
INTO MONDAY. FROM MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...THE MODELS BEGIN TO RETURN
MOISTURE NWD...PROBABLY ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER INTIALLY AS THE
SFC HIGH SHOULD AT LEAST SOMEWHAT DELAY THE RETURN OF THE OLD SFC
FRONT AND HIGHER SFC DEW PTS. THIS MOISTURE RETURN COULD RESULT IN
DIURNAL ACTIVITY BY TUESDAY IN THE ENTIRE CWA. THE UNKNOWN CAVEAT
IS IF THERE WILL BE ANY RESIDUAL CIRCULATION REMAINING FROM
BONNIE...AND IF SO...ITS PATH. IT COULD MEANDER THROUGH AR AND
THEN INTO THE TN VALLEY.
IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
EARLY ON FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY DEEPER MOISTURE WILL
CONTINUE TO RETURN NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA AS THE OLD DIFFUSE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY RETREATS AS A WARM FRONT THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. WHAT REMNANTS IF ANY OF BONNIE ARE LEFT
ARE REALLY UNKNOWN BUT ATTM IT IS BELIEVED THAT MORE LIKELY IS JUST
A NICE INCREASE TO THE MEAN LOW-MID LEVEL TROPOSPHERIC MOISTURE.
THIS WOULD HELP CONTRIBUTE TO DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS ON A ISOLD-SCT
SCALE. BEYOND WEDNESDAY THE FORECAST CONFIDENCE DECREASES QUITE A
BIT. YDAS MODEL SOLUTIONS OF A RETROGRESSION OF THE UA PATTERN WITH
THE SERN U.S. UPPER RIDGE MOVING THROUGH THE LOWER-MID MS VALLEY AND
THEN BUILDING INTO THE WRN U.S. WHILE TROFFING DEVELOPS THROUGH THE
NERN U.S. ARE STILL ON TRACK. THE PATTERN WOULD BE SUGGESTIVE OF A
COLD FRONT DRAPPED IN A NW-SE FASHION EITHER INTO THE REGION OR JUST
TO THE NORTH. THE MODELS INDEED SHOW THIS SCENARIO BUT AS TYPICAL
VARY QUITE A BIT IN THE POSITION OF THE FRONT RANGING FROM ACROSS
THE CWA TO JUST ALONG THE NERN PERHIPERY. THE POPS RAMIFICATIONS
CHANGE SUBSTANTIALLY WITH EACH SCENARIO. ATTM AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS COVER THE THURS-SAT NIGHT PERIOD WITH SOME INTERTWINED LOW
CHANCE POPS. IT WILL BE SEASONABLY HOT AND HUMID REMOVED FROM THE
THUNDERSTORMS AND MORE PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER.
GLASS
&&
.AVIATION...
/627 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010/
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT
EXTENDING FROM WEST CENTRAL IL THROUGH WEST CENTRAL MO.
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE LINE ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 30-40 KTS WITH VSBYS DROPPING 1-2SM AND BRIEFLY LOWER.
THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SEWD THROUGH KUIN AND KCOU THIS
EVENING. THE LINE SHOULD WEAKEN SOME AFTER 02Z AS IT HEADS TOWARDS
ST LOUIS BUT WILL STILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A DECENT OUTFLOW. IN THE
WAKE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD SEE ANOTHER NWLY WIND SHIFT WITH
THE COLD FRONT AND CONDITIONS IMPROVING TO VFR. VFR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED AT ALL TAF SITES AFTER 12Z SUNDAY WITH SCT CU AND SOME
BKN MID-HIGH CLOUDS AND NNELY SFC WINDS.
SPECIFICS FOR KSTL...
CURRENT EXTRAPOLATION WILL BRING THE CURRENT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
NOW EXTENDING FROM KUIN-KDMO INTO KSTL AFTER 03Z. THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE IN A WEAKENING STATE BUT WILL STILL HAVE
DECENT OUTFLOW WINDS. I ADDED A TEMPO GROUP FROM 03-06Z WITH THE
EXPECTED ARRIVAL OF THE LINE OF STORMS BUT KEPT A BIT CONSERVATIVE
ON THE INTENSITY. THEY MIGHT BE A BIT STRONGER WITH LOWER VSBYS
AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER GUSTS. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD LINGER FOR
SEVERAL HOURS AFTER ARRIVAL WITH THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE IN THE
08-09Z TIME FRAME. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOLLOWING THE FROPA
WITH NW WINDS. WINDS SHOULD BECOME MORE N TO NELY DURING THE DAY
ON SUNDAY WITH MAINLY SOME MID-HI CLOUDS AND SCT CU.
GLASS
&&
.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR AUDRAIN MO-BOONE
MO-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-CRAWFORD MO-FRANKLIN MO-GASCONADE MO-
IRON MO-LINCOLN MO-MADISON MO-MONITEAU MO-MONROE MO-
MONTGOMERY MO-OSAGE MO-PIKE MO-RALLS MO-REYNOLDS MO-ST.
FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-WARREN MO-WASHINGTON MO.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR JEFFERSON
MO-ST. CHARLES MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-ST. LOUIS MO.
IL...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BOND IL-CALHOUN IL-
CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-GREENE IL-JERSEY IL-MACOUPIN IL-
MARION IL-MONTGOMERY IL-PIKE IL-RANDOLPH IL-WASHINGTON IL.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MADISON
IL-MONROE IL-ST. CLAIR IL.
&&
WFO LSXHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 458 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-251200- 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 MO- LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO-BOONE MO- AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO- LINCOLN MO-GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO-ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO- ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO- WASHINGTON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO- MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO- 458 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT DANGEROUS HEAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S AND HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 100 TO 110 RANGE. FOR MORE INFORMATION...REFER TO THE HEAT ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS THAT REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA UNTIL 800 PM. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. MODERATE RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AS WELL AS PART OF THE LA MOINE RIVER. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY...PRIMARILY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ON TUESDAY. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 DEGREES OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS FROM TUESDAY INTO FRIDAY. MODERATE RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AS WELL AS PART OF THE LA MOINE RIVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1 GLASS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
623 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 W COATSBURG 40.03N 91.18W
07/24/2010 ADAMS IL EMERGENCY MNGR
U.S. HIGHWAY 24 IS IMPASSIBLE WITH ONE VEHICLE TRAPPED.
ONE FOOT OF MOSTLY STANDING WATER.
&&
TESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
626 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM HEAVY RAIN NOVELTY 40.01N 92.21W
07/24/2010 M1.48 INCH KNOX MO AWOS
SINCE RAIN BEGAN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
&&
TESSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 629 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010 ILZ095>097-MOZ026-027-035-036-250015- ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-MARION MO-PIKE MO-PIKE IL-RALLS MO-SHELBY MO- 629 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN ADAMS...SOUTHERN BROWN AND PIKE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND EASTERN SHELBY... MARION...NORTHERN RALLS AND NORTHERN PIKE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EMDEN TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BARRY TO 6 MILES WEST OF MEREDOSIA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... PITTSFIELD... LOUISIANA... EMDEN... WARREN... GRIGGSVILLE... RENSSELAER... ATLAS... NEW LONDON... SPAULDING... PLEASANT HILL... PIKE... FRANKFORD... CLARKSVILLE... CENTER... NEW SALEM... EL DARA... VALLEY CITY... NEW HARTFORD... ROCKPORT... SUMMER HILL... THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. KANOFSKY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
633 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM HEAVY RAIN NOVELTY 40.01N 92.21W
07/24/2010 M2.45 INCH KNOX MO AWOS
SINCE RAIN BEGAN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
&&
CORRECTED EVENT
TESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
634 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM HEAVY RAIN NOVELTY 40.01N 92.21W
07/24/2010 M2.45 INCH KNOX MO AWOS
SINCE RAIN BEGAN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
&&
CORRECTED EVENT TIME
TESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
635 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0635 PM HEAVY RAIN LA GRANGE 40.05N 91.50W
07/24/2010 M2.50 INCH LEWIS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
OCCURRED DURING THE PAST HOUR
&&
TESThe St Louis radar (KLSX), 153 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:45 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Between 4 and 5 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Highway D north of Philadelphia and the intersection of Highway 168 and Highway Z, east of Philadelphia.
Thunderstorm winds snapped off several telephone poles between Center and Perry.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in St. Peters.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree. It landed on a house, basically cutting it in half. No one was injured.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto Kirkwood Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, July 2010
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: 253493, 253494, 253495, 253498, 253499, 253500.