A 51 year old man was killed by a lightning strike at his home on July 7. At approximately 945 pm, he stepped out the front door onto the porch when the lightning struck.
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The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
A 51 year old man was killed by a lightning strike at his home on July 7. At approximately 945 pm, he stepped out the front door onto the porch when the lightning struck.
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 7, 9:09 PM CST, 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1009 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
.SHORT TERM...
ISSUED AT 302 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
(TONIGHT)
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOPED ACROSS PARTS OF
THE AREA THIS AFTN SHOULD DIMINISH TONIGHT WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME
HEATING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG DOWNBURSTS LATE THIS
AFTN DUE TO THE DEEPLY MIXED BDRY LAYER HOWEVER WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED DUE TO THE WEAK SHEAR. ADDITIONAL SCT PCPN
MAY DVLP INVOF A CDFNT AS IT SINKS SWD OVERNIGHT. HOT WEATHER
ONGOING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN SLOWLY IMPROVE...SO
WILL ALLOW HEADLINES TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM.
KANOFSKY
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.LONG TERM...
ISSUED AT 302 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
(SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
WITH UPPER RIDGE RETROGRADING TO THE WEST COLD FRONT TO MAKE ITS WAY
THROUGH FORECAST AREA...STALLING OUT JUST SOUTH OF FORECAST AREA BY
SUNDAY NIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP
ALONG THE BOUNDARY AS IT MOVES THROUGH. BEST CHANCES OF PCPN WILL BE
ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70 THROUGH MONDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE
MONDAY AFTERNOON. AS FOR PCPN AMOUNTS...MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE
MEASURABLE AMOUNTS...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
I-70...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO EASE DROUGHT CONDITIONS.
SOME CONCERN ABOUT TEMPS BEING A BIT WARMER IF STORM AND CLOUD
COVERAGE IS SPOTTY ON SUNDAY. SO FOR NOW...HIGHS ON SUNDAY WILL
RANGE FROM THE UPPER 80S FAR NORTH TO THE MID 90S SOUTH. WITH DEWPTS
IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S...HEAT INDICES SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 100 MOST
LOCATIONS...THOUGH WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF A FEW LOCATIONS SEE
HEAT INDICES NEAR 100 FOR A FEW HOURS DURING THE AFTERNOON. NO HEAT
HEADLINES NEEDED AT THIS TIME.
BEYOND THAT...COOLER AIR TO SLOWLY MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE FORECAST
AREA SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH HIGHS
IN THE MID 80S TO LOW 90S AND LOWS EACH NIGHT IN THE MID TO UPPER
60S.
BYRD
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.AVIATION...
ISSUED AT 932 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
WEAKENING CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME
SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS JUST SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS CONTINUE
TO DRIFT TO THE WEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. STRONGEST CELLS REMAIN IN FAR
SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. COOL FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM NORTHERN
OHIO THROUGH CENTRAL SOUTHERN IOWA AND INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD TONIGHT AND MOVE
INTO CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI BY MID TO LATE MORNING.
WILL KEEP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OUT OF THE TAFS FOR TOMORROW
MORNING AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WIDELY
SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE AROUND TOMORROW MORNING
OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI.
SPECIFICS FOR KSTL...WILL KEEP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM OUT OF STL
TAF AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH STL
AREA SUNDAY MORNING WILL KEEP SOME CLOUDS IN THE FORECAST. WINDS
WILL SLOWLY TURN TO THE NORTHEAST BUT WILL REDUCE THE SPEEDS A
LITTLE FROM EARLIER FORECAST.
RP
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.CLIMATE...
ISSUED AT 332 AM CDT THU JUL 6 2012
RECORD HIGHS
DATE ST. LOUIS COLUMBIA QUINCY
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JUL7 7 103(1936) 104(1890) 103(1936)
JULY 8 101(1980) 104(1980) 102(1936)
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.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR AUDRAIN MO-BOONE
MO-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-CRAWFORD MO-FRANKLIN MO-GASCONADE MO-
IRON MO-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-LINCOLN MO-MARION MO-MONITEAU MO-
MONROE MO-MONTGOMERY MO-OSAGE MO-PIKE MO-RALLS MO-REYNOLDS
MO-SHELBY MO-WARREN MO-WASHINGTON MO.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
JEFFERSON MO-MADISON MO-ST. CHARLES MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-ST.
LOUIS CITY MO-ST. LOUIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO.
IL...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ADAMS IL-
BOND IL-BROWN IL-CALHOUN IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-GREENE IL-
JERSEY IL-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MARION IL-MONROE IL-
MONTGOMERY IL-PIKE IL-RANDOLPH IL-ST. CLAIR IL-WASHINGTON
IL.
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WFO LSXHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1043 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-081200- 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- 1043 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MANY AREAS TONIGHT AS MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY DROP TO 75 TO 80 DEGREES. A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ANY FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL TOP OUT AROUND 100 DEGREES FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S AND MUCH HIGHER HUMIDITY LEVELS. AS A RESULT... THE HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. TES
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 834 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 MOZ073-080215- WASHINGTON MO- 834 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT... AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RICHWOODS...OR 12 MILES WEST OF DE SOTO... MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... RICHWOODS... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. IN ADDITION...THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO 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. TES
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
854 PM CDT SAT JUL 07 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0845 PM HAIL SHILOH 38.55N 89.91W
07/07/2012 E0.70 INCH ST. CLAIR IL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BYRDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
955 PM CDT SAT JUL 07 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0846 PM TSTM WND DMG WATERLOO 38.33N 90.16W
07/07/2012 MONROE IL AMATEUR RADIO
LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO POWER LINES IN
WATERLOO...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.
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BYRDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 959 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ILZ101-102-MOZ063-064-080400- MONROE IL-ST. CLAIR IL-ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO- 959 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS CITY... SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS...WESTERN ST. CLAIR AND NORTHERN MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 955 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MILLSTADT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... COLUMBIA... DUPO... CAHOKIA... OAKVILLE... LEMAY... MEHLVILLE... AFFTON... LAKESHIRE... SHREWSBURY... CRESTWOOD... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO 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. TILLY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1025 PM CDT SAT JUL 07 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 PM HEAVY RAIN NEW HANDOVER 38.39N 90.23W
07/07/2012 M1.87 INCH MONROE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
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TESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1026 PM CDT SAT JUL 07 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM DOWNBURST ST. CLAIR 38.35N 90.98W
07/07/2012 E70 MPH FRANKLIN MO AMATEUR RADIO
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED TREE DAMAGE IN THE CITY
LIMITS OF ST. CLAIR
0510 PM DOWNBURST ST. CLAIR 38.35N 90.98W
07/07/2012 E70 MPH FRANKLIN MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SEVERAL LARGE TREES
DOWN OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN PARTS OF ST. CLAIR
CITY LIMITS. LARGE TREES FELL ON TOP OF SOME HOMES.
0610 PM HAIL DOE RUN 37.74N 90.50W
07/07/2012 E1.00 INCH ST. FRANCOIS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
SOME TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED.
0618 PM HAIL PARK HILLS 37.85N 90.53W
07/07/2012 E0.75 INCH ST. FRANCOIS MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
RAIN MOVING HORIZONTAL BUT NO ESTIMATE ON WIND SPEED OR
WIND DAMAGE NOTED
0625 PM TSTM WND DMG PARK HILLS 37.85N 90.53W
07/07/2012 ST. FRANCOIS MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES DOWNED ON ROUTE 221
0625 PM LIGHTNING PARK HILLS 37.85N 90.53W
07/07/2012 ST. FRANCOIS MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL PEOPLE STRUCK. UNKNOWN NUMBER OF INJURIES.
0625 PM DOWNBURST CUBA 38.06N 91.40W
07/07/2012 E65 MPH CRAWFORD MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
MAJOR DAMAGE IN CUBA INCLUDING BUILDING COLLAPSES...
VEHICLE ROLLOVERS... AND NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWNED.
TIME ESTIMATED
0625 PM DOWNBURST CUBA 38.06N 91.40W
07/07/2012 E65 MPH CRAWFORD MO EMERGENCY MNGR
8 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN. 6 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS
BROKEN. POWERLINES DOWNED.
0625 PM TSTM WND DMG CUBA 38.06N 91.40W
07/07/2012 CRAWFORD MO AMATEUR RADIO
TREES...TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. ALSO...ROOF WAS BLOWN
OFF OF A TRUCK STOP.
0704 PM TSTM WND DMG KIRKWOOD 38.58N 90.42W
07/07/2012 ST. LOUIS MO BROADCAST MEDIA
TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IN KIRKWOOD.
0705 PM HAIL IRONTON 37.60N 90.64W
07/07/2012 E0.50 INCH IRON MO TRAINED SPOTTER
SURFACE WIND GUSTS WERE ESTIMATED BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH
0712 PM DOWNBURST PILOT KNOB 37.62N 90.64W
07/07/2012 E70 MPH IRON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN WITHIN PILOT KNOB TOWN
LIMITS DUE TO MICROBURSTS
0717 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NE ELLISVILLE 38.60N 90.58W
07/07/2012 ST. LOUIS MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN ON VESPER DRIVE.
0738 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSE MANCHESTER 38.58N 90.51W
07/07/2012 ST. LOUIS MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES BLOWN DOWN ON BROOKVALE TERRACE.
0845 PM HAIL SHILOH 38.55N 89.91W
07/07/2012 E0.70 INCH ST. CLAIR IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0846 PM TSTM WND DMG WATERLOO 38.33N 90.16W
07/07/2012 MONROE IL AMATEUR RADIO
LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO POWER LINES IN
WATERLOO...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.
1025 PM HEAVY RAIN NEW HANDOVER 38.39N 90.23W
07/07/2012 M1.87 INCH MONROE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
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TESThe St Louis radar (KLSX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:47 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 51 year old man was killed by a lightning strike when he stepped out of his front door onto the porch.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Washington | 2012-07-07 | 51 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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