A strong cold front moved through the region triggering strong to severe storms.
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A strong cold front moved through the region triggering strong to severe storms.
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 17, 5:31 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...Updated Aviation National Weather Service Saint Louis MO 631 PM CDT Sat Jun 17 2017 .SHORT TERM... (Through Late Sunday Afternoon) Issued at 317 PM CDT Sat Jun 17 2017 Focus will once again be an MCS tonight. Convective debris today from MCS last night has slowed heating today. STCU field developed early this morning beneath an EML, however, breaks are finally becoming evident as cap begins to weaken somewhat and boundary layer air destabilizes. Expect TSRA to impact nrn portions of the CWA late this afternoon or early evening hours. Not much change in the prev thinking with all threats possible with any discrete storms that impact the area. Any discrete storms shud become line segments fairly quickly becoming mainly a wind threat. This line shud then congeal and sink swd thru the CWA thru the night. Expect only lingering SHRA, isod TS, across srn portions of the CWA by 12z Sun. For Sun, expect a cooler day with nwly winds at the sfc behind the cdfnt. Expect convective debris to linger thru the morning hours. With cyclonic curvature across nrn and nwrn portions of the CWA, expect a fair amount of diurnal CU to develop which shud also help keep temps down. However, how far SW this thicker cloud cover will extend is uncertain attm. Tilly .LONG TERM... (Sunday Night through Next Saturday) Issued at 317 PM CDT Sat Jun 17 2017 Quiet weather is expected from Sunday night through part of Tuesday due to a surface ridge which settles across the region in the wake of Sunday's cold front. By Tuesday afternoon, the surface high pressure center will have moved far enough eastward for southwesterly winds around its western periphery to bring a warm and moist air mass back towards MO/IL. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will be possible within this unstable air mass. The advection of warm and moist air will also act to sharpen a developing warm front which then lifts northeastward on Tuesday night and Wednesday in response to a low pressure system moving into the north central CONUS. However, there is considerable model disagreement after 00z Wed regarding both surface and upper air features. Models are in general agreement that there ought to be at least one surface front near the area at least once during the middle and late part of next week and that the upper air pattern becomes quasizonal with several embedded vorticity maxima, but there is significant disagreement regarding the timing and placement of these features. Kanofsky && .AVIATION... (For the 00z TAFs through 00z Sunday Evening) Issued at 625 PM CDT Sat Jun 17 2017 Supercell moving swd out of IA is expected to impact KUIN shortly after 01z. This storm shud be capable of producing damaging winds and large hail. Otherwise, little change from prev TAFs. Tilly && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...None. IL...None. && WFO LSX
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Saint Louis MO 356 PM CDT Sat Jun 17 2017 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-181200- 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- 356 PM CDT Sat Jun 17 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern and central Missouri as well as west central and southwest Illinois. .DAY ONE...Tonight Severe thunderstorms are likely this evening. The primary threats are large hail and damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed this evening. Kanofsky
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:32 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a number of trees in the Mt. Sterling area. Also, in LaGrange, there was minor roof damage to a house.
Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and power lines around town.
Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs between Columbia and Hecker.
Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs around town.
Thunderstorm winds caused a wide swath of damage from Vandalia to near Stanbery Lake. Numerous large trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. In Vandalia, several homes sustained moderate to major damage from the fallen trees. Near Stanbery Lake, a home was destroyed by two large trees. One home owner was briefly trapped in the home, but was rescued unharmed from the home.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a grain bin in St. Peter. Also, numerous trees and power poles were blown down across the southern half of Fayette County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 717708, 717709, 720578, 720586, 720582, 720590, 717707.