An upper level shortwave moved east through the region, triggering showers and thunderstorms across the forecast area. There were numerous reports of damaging winds and a few reports of flash flooding.
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An upper level shortwave moved east through the region, triggering showers and thunderstorms across the forecast area. There were numerous reports of damaging winds and a few reports of flash flooding.
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 Aug 9, 4:36 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
536 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015
.SHORT TERM: (THROUGH LATE TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 325 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015
WILL KEEP THE HEAT ADVISORY SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER INTO THE
EVENING HOURS AS OBSERVATIONS SITES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI ARE BEGINNING TO APPROACH CRITERIA EVEN THOUGH TEMPERATURES
HAVE HAMPERED FROM CLIMBING BECAUSE OF CLOUDS TODAY.
MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS FORECAST IS THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THERE
IS A DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY CURRENTLY JUST SOUTH OF THE
MISSOURI WITH MLCAPES OF 3500-4500 J/KG JUST SOUTH OF IT. AREA OF
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER WESTERN MISSOURI
WHICH IS BEING GENERATED BY MCV OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST. WOULD EXPECT A GRADUAL INCREASE IN
THUNDERSTORMS THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AHEAD OF THIS AREA OVER CENTRAL
AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO EARLY EVENING GIVEN THE AMOUNT
OF INSTABILITY AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR IN THE 30KT RANGE. THE STORMS
WILL SLOWLY SHIFT SOUTH OVERNIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH AND THE
850MB WINDS VEER. ALSO THINK THAT THERE MAY BE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL GIVEN THAT PWATS WILL BE AROUND 2.0 INCHES...THOUGH WILL
HOLD OFF ON ISSUING A WATCH AT THIS POINT AS THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY
RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL SO FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS RELATIVELY HIGH.
BRITT
.LONG TERM: (MONDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 325 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015
(MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
UPPER FLOW WILL BEGIN TO TURN OUT OF THE NORTHWEST BY TOMORROW AS
UPPER HIGH OVER OVER SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS BEGINS TO BUILDS AND
TROUGH DIGS IN OVER THE NORTHEASTERN CONUS. THIS WILL HELP PUSH THE
SURFACE COLD FRONT THROUGH THE CWA EARLY IN THE DAY MONDAY. BOTH
THE NAM AND GFS ARE SHOWING A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS
MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS MIDDAY MONDAY. THE ASCENT FROM THE TROUGH
SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
INSTABILITY GENERATED BY MIDDAY OVER THE SOUTHERN CWA. ADDITIONAL
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE AFTERNOON AS
A SECONDARY TROUGH MOVES ACROSS IOWA. CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL DECREASE
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER FLOW CONTINUES TO AMPLIFY AND THE
VERTICAL MOTION BECOMES MORE SUBSIDENT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO
THE AREA.
MOS TEMPERATURES THE NEXT FEW DAYS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH
EACH OTHER AND WITH MIXING UP TO THE 900-800MB LAYER...SO HAVE
GENERALLY FOLLOWED THEM.
(THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
EXPECT A DRY PERIOD AS AREA WILL BE DOMINATED BY A LARGE AREA OF
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE UNDER NORTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW ALOFT. 850MB
TEMPERATURES FROM THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN WILL BE IN THE 12-18C RANGE
WHICH SUPPORTS HIGHS IN THE 80S.
BRITT
&&
.AVIATION: (FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 505 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015
AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER CENTRAL MO WILL MOVE EASTWARD
THROUGH THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA THIS EVENING. COULD NOT RULE OUT
SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT LATE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
SOUTHWARD THROUGH OUR AREA LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. S-SWLY
SURFACE WINDS WILL VEER AROUND TO A N-NWLY DIRECTION AFTER FROPA.
THE MODEL MOS GUIDANCE WAS HINTING AT POST FRONTAL MVFR CLOUD
CEILINGS MAINLY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
SPECIFICS FOR KSTL: SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH
STL EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE MAY BE ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS/STORMS
LATE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHWARD THROUGH STL AREA.
SLY SURFACE WINDS WILL VEER AROUND TO A NWLY DIRECTION AFTER
FROPA EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THERE WILL ALSO LIKELY BE POST FRONTAL
MVFR CIGS MONDAY MORNING.
GKS
&&
.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES:
MO...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR COLE MO-CRAWFORD
MO-FRANKLIN MO-GASCONADE MO-IRON MO-MONITEAU MO-OSAGE MO-
REYNOLDS MO-WASHINGTON MO.
IL...NONE.
&&
WFO LSXHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 348 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-101215- 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- 348 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCAL WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE SAME AREAS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING. HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO AROUND 105 ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE EASTERN OZARKS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM UNTIL 8 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE. BRITT
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:43 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines around town.
Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees around town.
A wide swath of wind damage extended across northern Crawford County, mainly trees and tree limbs. At the intersection of Highways F and EE, a large tree was blown down. Several large trees were blown down onto Highway WW, southwest of Sullivan. In Cuba, several large trees were blown down.
Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and tree limbs across Franklin County. North of Leslie, a large tree was blown down across Route C. In St. Clair, a road sign was blown down along I-44 and a large tree was blown down near the intersection of Highway 30 and Route PP.
Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines in Richwoods. Also, winds blew down a large tree on Kingston Road, just west of intersection with Highway 47.
Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large trees and tree limbs across Jefferson County. Some of the reports came from Dittmer, Cedar Hill, De Soto, Hillsboro, and Festus.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a couple of power lines at the intersection of Highway H and Copenhagen Road.
Up to five inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including St. Joe Drive near Lewis Street in Park Hills. A water rescue had to be performed on Woodlawn Drive in Leadington due to a vehicle in flood waters.
Up to five inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded. Highway C, three miles east northeast of Courtois, was closed both ways due to Cub Creek well out of its banks.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, August 2015
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: 600811, 600813, 600815, 600814, 600816, 600817, 600818, 600837, 600838.