An area of low pressure tracked east across northern Missouri. Showers and thunderstorms developed along a trough associated with it during the afternoon and early evening hours.
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An area of low pressure tracked east across northern Missouri. Showers and thunderstorms developed along a trough associated with it during the afternoon and early evening hours. Some of the storms produced weak tornadoes. Five tornadoes occurred in the forecast area.
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 7, 11:53 AM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1253 PM CDT Sat Jun 7 2014 .SHORT TERM: (Through Late This Afternoon) Issued at 322 AM CDT Sat Jun 7 2014 Main concern for today's forecast period will be complex of showers and storms currently over eastern Kansas/Oklahoma heading eastward. Believe this area of showers/storms will gradually weaken with time as it heads into central Missouri by around 1200 UTC. There will likely be remnant MCV that will continue eastward through the day. Amount of destabilization ahead of this feature is in doubt as current IR satellite imagery depicts a very large band of thick mid/high level cloudiness around storms over central plains. If instability is sufficient...organized severe weather would become increasingly likely as deep-layer shear will be 30-40 knots. Main threat would likely be wind as large hail does not seem too likely given weak midlevel lapse rates/weak instability within hail growth zone. Also could not rule out the possibility of a tornado near track of sfc wave along baroclinic zone where 0-1 km shear/helicity will be maximized. Gosselin .LONG TERM: (Tonight through Friday) Issued at 322 AM CDT Sat Jun 7 2014 (Sunday) Surface baroclinic zone will shift back to the south of CWA on Sunday with dry weather expected. Look for high temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s or about normal for early June. (Monday - Friday) Continued unsettled weather is likely for the next work week as quasi-stationary front wavers back and forth. NWP model guidance continues to insist that a system will close off across the mid- Mississippi Valley Tuesday/Wednesday bringing likely showers and thunderstorms areawide. Highs will remain near normal for the majority of the extended before warming back up above normal...i.e. highs in the 80s for Thursday and Friday. Gosselin && .AVIATION: (For the 18z TAFs through 18z Sunday Afternoon) Issued at 1242 PM CDT Sat Jun 7 2014 Surface low currently in west central MO will move northeastward to just south of KUIN by 00Z and then into central IN by 12Z Sunday. This low will be accompanied by an initial wind shift/convergence zone to the southwest, and then winds veering to northwest with the passage of the actual cold front late this afternoon and this evening. The ongoing showers and thunderstorms arcing from northern MO through east central MO/southwest IL will be the primary precipitation. Additional scattered showers and thunderstorms may occur mid-late afternoon into the early evening along the southwest wind shift and impact the St. Louis area, but confidence is low on this development and hence only have a VCTS. A mix of low-end VFR and MVFR cigs are expected through the afternoon, with deteriorating flight conditions and development of IFR this evening in the wake of the cold front. Flight conditions should gradually improve Sunday morning into the afternoon. Specifics for KSTL: The ongoing showers and thunderstorms will impact the terminal through around 19z. Additional scattered showers and thunderstorms may occur mid-late afternoon into the early evening along a southwest wind shift, but confidence is low on this development and hence only have a VCTS. A mix of low-end VFR and MVFR cigs are expected through the afternoon, with deteriorating flight conditions and development of IFR late this evening in the wake a cold front. Flight conditions should gradually improve Sunday morning into the afternoon. Glass && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES: MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && WFO LSX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 425 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-080930- 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- 425 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 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 THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AREAWIDE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK. THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LIKELY BE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HOWEVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE. GOSSELIN
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:36 UTC.
3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado briefly touched down twice in an open field northeast of Owensville, north of Highway 28. No damage was reported with it.
The tornado touched down on Cedar Grove Court causing minor roof damage to two buildings in the Cedar Grove Apartment complex. Some shingles were removed and small pieces of the roofing panel were also removed at this apartment complex. Also, several medium size trees were snapped off as well as numerous tree limbs. The tornado continued to the east northeast crossing Harvester Road and then crossed Highway 94 at the junction with Jungermann Road. On the northeast side of the intersection, a business sustained moderate damage. Many cinder blocks on the upper front side fell to the ground next to the entrance. Two overhangs were also destroyed on the building. Further to the east northeast, two single story homes on Queens Brooke Blvd. between Jungermann Road and Harvester Road sustained minor roof damage. Twenty percent of the shingles were removed from each of these homes. A wooden fence on the back side of these residences was also knocked down. Small trees less than 30 feet tall and less than 8 inches in diameter were snapped at the base on McClay Village Drive, just south of McClay Road. Two homes on McClay Gardens Drive each sustained damage to the fascia and roof. A one story residence on McClay Road between Harvester Road and Hackmann Road lost 40 percent of its roofing material. A few small panels were also uplifted on the south side of this home. On the east side of the home, a forty foot pine tree with a diameter of 12 inches was snapped half way up and was tossed 20 yards towards the northeast into an open field. Additional minor tree damage was located on Woodbriar Lane northeast of McClay Road. The tornado lifted and dissipated at the intersection of Hackmann Road and Woodbriar Lane. Overall, the tornado was rated EF0. It was on the ground for 2.67 miles with a max path width of 20 yards.
The tornado touched down approximately 50 yards north of the intersection of Earth City Express Way and St. Charles Rock Road. A stop sign and minor tree damage occurred at this location. Video from a storm chaser showed the tornado then travelled over Interstate 370 east of the Earth City Express Way/I-370 interchange, lofting debris. The tornado was also observed and videotaped while passing west and northwest of the Mills Outlet Mall. Tree branch damage was found on Garner Lane northwest of the mall and near the intersection of Teson Road and Aubuchon Road. The tornado paralleled Aubuchon Road and then hit two machine sheds. About 90 percent of the panels from one machine shed were removed while 40 percent of the panels were removed from the second machine shed. The tornadic damage was 40 yards wide at this location. The tornado continued to move northeast and travelled over Charbonier Road and caused more minor tree damage just north of the road. The tornado then lifted and dissipated. Overall, the tornado was rated EF0. It was on the ground for 4.22 miles with a max path width of 40 yards.
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