Isolate severe storms moved through the region. Some of the storms caused wind damage.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
Isolate severe storms moved through the region. Some of the storms caused wind damage. Also, one person was struck and killed by lightning.
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 25, 2:49 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Saint Louis MO 349 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016 .SHORT TERM... (Through Sunday Afternoon) Issued at 344 PM CDT Sat Jun 25 2016 Scattered thunderstorms are moving northeast across parts of eastern Missouri this afternoon on the nose of a warm front. Areal coverage of storms has increased fairly significantly just southwest for the St. Louis Metro area in the last 60-90 minutes...intensity is also increased...though storms all look to be sub-severe. Had doubts earlier about the areal coverage of the storms that the HRRR was forecasting, but it looks to have done ok this afternoon. Think this is likely due to the pool of 2500-3000 MLCAPE due to pooling dewpoints along the front southwest of STL. The storms to the southwest should continue moving to the northeast for the rest of the afternoon...not sure how well they're going to hang together as they do though. There was one storm over Warren county that blew itself out about 30 mins ago and is little more than a shower. This may be the fate for much of the convection over Franklin and Jefferson county this evening...which is why I did not go with higher PoPs to the northeast. Regardless, storms should weaken and dissipate this evening with little left by 02-03Z. Attention turns to the approaching cold front late tonight. Guidance is printing out precip along and ahead of the front...but convection allowing models are pretty stingy with moving any storms into the area. Given the climatologically unfavorable time of day and lack of a strong low level jet blowing into the low level baroclinic zone, think the CAMs have it right so have backed off PoPs for late tonight and Sunday morning. Still keeping some flavor of slight to mid level chance going through 18Z Sunday. Kept 40-50 PoPs unchanged for Sunday afternoon as the front moves into the area. Daytime heating along with convergence along the front will allow for greater areal coverage. Carney .LONG TERM... (Sunday Night through Next Saturday) Issued at 344 PM CDT Sat Jun 25 2016 (Sunday Night - Monday) The surface cold front continues to drop thru our region Sunday evening, expected to begin the period near the I-70 corridor in IL and I-44 corridor in MO. Highest PoPs will be from this anticipated frontal position and southeastward. However, it looks like we cannot end rain chances necessarily with frontal passage, with various models indicating an upper level disturbance hanging back and potential for a late night MCS--should it form--of thrusting some additional rain northward of the front as well. With these factors in play, have lingered low PoPs behind the front to just N of the I-70 corridor for later Sunday night and, to a lesser degree, Monday daytime for parts of southeast MO. Otherwise, look for slightly above average temps for Sunday night mins and Monday maxes, with the more significant effect of frontal passage being lower humidities. (Tuesday - Next Saturday) A second, more significant, cold front will drop thru Monday night and actually deliver a cooler shot of air to our region to dominate much of the middle of next week. This should result in a few days of below average temps of daytime maxes in the 70s and low 80s and mostly dry wx. Otherwise, NW flow aloft will prevail during this period. There has been a signal for a potential MCS in NW flow aloft for late Wednesday into early Thursday but the latest indications are for this feature to edge our area to the west and southwest versus a direct hit and have backed off PoPs to climo levels for most areas. A warmup/recovery is slated for late week and into next weekend, with a frontal boundary trying to edge back into our region during this time. Along with the moisture return, it appears the daily chances for thunderstorms will return and have gone with near climo values of 30% for most areas. TES && .AVIATION... (For the 18z TAFs through 18z Sunday Afternoon) Issued at 1249 PM CDT Sat Jun 25 2016 Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms over parts of southeast Missouri will continue to develop and spread east- northeast toward the Mississippi River this afternoon. Areal coverage is questionable, but think 30-40 percent coverage is the most likely. Some of the storms could be strong producing wind gusts in excess of 30kts. Storms should dissipate pretty quickly this evening with VFR conditions prevailing tonight. Next significant weather will be late tonight as a cold front drifts south toward the area. Think another round of scattered showers and storms are likely as the front drift south through Sunday afternoon. Specifics for KSTL: Primary concern is thunderstorm potential this afternoon. Best chance for storms will be after 20Z with 30-40 percent coverage likely in the STL Metro area. If I thought coverage would be greater, I would have included TEMPO TS in the terminal...and will monitor trends closely this afternoon in case a short-range TEMPO is needed. Some storms in the Metro area could be fairly strong with wind gusts in excess of 30kts. Should see storms dissipate quickly this evening. VFR conditions will prevail tonight with another chance of storms Sunday afternoon ahead of a cold front. Carney && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...None. IL...None. && WFO LSX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 328 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-261200- 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-SAINT 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-SAINT CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO- SAINT LOUIS MO-SAINT LOUIS CITY MO-JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO- WASHINGTON MO-SAINT FRANCOIS MO-SAINTE GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO- MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO- 328 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS THE AREA AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. TES
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1019 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1018 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 SSW VANDALIA 39.27N 91.51W
06/25/2016 M4.20 INCH AUDRAIN MO EMERGENCY MNGR
RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE 5AM THIS MORNING. LOCATION
ESTIMATED.
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GOSSELINPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1022 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1020 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 N LADDONIA 39.26N 91.64W
06/25/2016 M3.00 INCH AUDRAIN MO EMERGENCY MNGR
RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE 5AM THIS MORNING.
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GOSSELINThe St Louis radar (KLSX), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:15 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Three 75 foot tall trees were uprooted in the 300 block of Ladue Oaks Drive by thunderstorm winds. Also, several power lines were blown down in the area.
A 72 year old man and his dog were struck and killed by lightning as storms moved through the area. They were in the front yard of the residence when it happened.
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, Jefferson | 2016-06-25 | 72 | Male | Under Tree | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, June 2016
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: 655178, 655179.