Possible Severe weather Thursday for Midwest.

[jhamps10]

well, I would, but I have a big pine tree right off my deck, that blocks my view.

[isobar]

WOW, It's gonna get REALLY Cold in 1.5 hours, Right now at St. louis it is 70*... In Columbia, MO just 95 Miles west of me, it's 34!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!! When that frontal boundary passes, temps are gonna totally dive.

[jhamps10]

we have some new warnings here, Crawford County, MO added to the Franklin and Gasconade added again, till 3:15 now. This is from a DIFFERENT storm!!!! Currently located at near the Phelps, Gasconade, and Crawford county lines. This storm is taking a supercell shape really fast here.

[SamSagnella]

Nice storm with some large hail is about 5 min away from the KLSX radar site, which should hinder our ability to see whats going on behind it...at least for the next 15-20min or so -- these guys are screaming off to the NE today.

[Skywatch_NC]

WOW, It's gonna get REALLY Cold in 1.5 hours, Right now at St. louis it is 70*... In Columbia, MO just 95 Miles west of me, it's 34!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!! When that frontal boundary passes, temps are gonna totally dive.

What we have took look forward to...the temperature dive that is...tomorrow night here in the SE! Near 70F today and tomorrow...then mid to low 40s for Sat...followed by 30s for highs Sun and Mon!

Take care you Midwesterners this afternoon and evening!

[jhamps10]

yeah, and after it hit's the radar down in Weldon Spring, it crosses the river into the Chesterfield, Creve Coeur, St Peters, St. Charles, and most of West St. Louis county!!!


You can get a Great view of the storm in St. Charles county from ILX in lincoln.. Wow I just saw something scary. A school bus going through my apartment complex, I figured that the school districts would keep kids at school till the storm blows thru.

[SamSagnella]

First tornado warning of the day out in central IL -- radar presentation not impressive at this time.

[jhamps10]

WOW that storm is scary just on the foward motion.. 75 MPH!!!!


Also Severe storm warning just issued for Northern St. Louis county till 3:30!!!!

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
240 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 330 PM CST

* AT 234 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CLARKSON VALLEY...OR ABOUT NEAR DARDENNE PRAIRIE...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARYLAND HEIGHTS...
BRIDGETON...
ST. ANN...
WOODSON TERRACE...
FLORISSANT...
HAZELWOOD...
BERKELEY...
FERGUSON...
BLACK JACK...
SPANISH LAKE...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

LAT...LON 3871 9054 3859 9072 3866 9033 3878 9017
3889 9029

$$

GLASS

[jhamps10]

I'm getting off now, I will be back after the storm w/ a report of what happened.

Stay tuned. stay safe.

[SamSagnella]

TVS just tripped by the STL metro area storm... mdt LL rotation has been intermittant over the past several scans and now appears to be centered just a couple miles west of jhamps' location in Maryland Heights. 20z modified sounding for KSTL yields CAPE of ~500j/kg of the 'tall, skinny' variety with 0-3km SRH ~300m2/s2. Though a small CIN layer remains, the LFC has dropped almost 500m in the last hour, so even though the tornado threat is still not imminent it definitely looks to be on the increase.

[jhamps10]

I'm back. boy did I get lucky. Who knows if my car has hail damage or not, it's on the north side of my property. But there have been reports of GOLF ball size hail covering the ground in the city of Maryland heights. I was on the FAR south side of the storm, and I only had at most pea size hail, a lot of lighting, and strong winds and the temps are falling like a rock. If your looking for a good deal on a car w/ hail damage come to St. louis for the next month or so. cause I know a lot of BIG car dealerships that are getting hammered by this storm right now.

[jhamps10]

TORANDO WARNINGS- Shelby county, IL, Christian County, IL till 4
Severe storm- Crawford, Washington MO till 4

[jhamps10]

TORANDO WARNING- St. Louis CITY, Southern Madison county, Il, Northern St. Clair county, IL... till 4:15!!!!

I am fine, don't worry

[isobar]

Glad you're in the clear now. It's really getting nasty.

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

You guys seen this lightning strike data. For February WOW


http://www.intellicast.com/IcastPage/Lo ... odnav=none

[jhamps10]

Glad you're in the clear now. It's really getting nasty.

Yeah when the torando warning for st louis city came out, I forgot that I had mentioned that, cause ALL torando sirens in the entire county went off, I almost ran to my bathroom, but then I realized it was just the city and not the county.

isobar, it's heading your way.. good luck stay safe, and stay near the TV. I'm sure every tv station in Evansville is going nuts over this one. Well at least 7, 14, and 25. It's now looking pretty nice outside, except it's now 40 degrees, and 90 minutes ago it was 70.

[isobar]

Glad you're in the clear now. It's really getting nasty.

Yeah when the torando warning for st louis city came out, I forgot that I had mentioned that, cause ALL torando sirens in the entire county went off, I almost ran to my bathroom, but then I realized it was just the city and not the county.

isobar, it's heading your way.. good luck stay safe, and stay near the TV. I'm sure every tv station in Evansville is going nuts over this one. Well at least 7, 14, and 25. It's now looking pretty nice outside, except it's now 40 degrees, and 90 minutes ago it was 70.

Wow, 30º drop! I'm shivering already. It's still 65º, dp of 54º. It should be here in the next 1/2 hour. Wayne Hart of Ch25 just broke in briefly, but the svr threat seems to be diminishing. How's your car doing, jhamps?

[jhamps10]

actually, or more I should say luckily my car is fine. I missed most of the hail by 1 or maybe 2 miles. But I know one thing, in NW st. louis county, if you are needing a new car, and don't mind a little (or I should say a LOT) of hail damage, you will get some great deals. I feel sorry for insurance agents in the area right now. My car would probley be clobbered if it wasn't for the fact that my workplace had a power outage today and the whole building was shut down.


Great to hear about the storms weakening. Sounds like both of us dodged a bullet. P.S. get your parka ready, cause it's not going to be above freezing till Monday!!!

if you want to see some pictures of the hailstorm, you can go to fox2ktvi.com and they will be on the front page.

[Extremeweatherguy]

this is a "true" example of a strong front. If they rated fronts like they did tornadoes..this would be an F5. It is rare when you see such a widespread severe outbreak followed by a 30-50F temperature drop and when you go from record heat to record cold all within 24 hrs...not to mention the huge winter mess that will be seen in many central states (Including the southern plains all the way down to central TX). Oh yeah, and the strong winds felt in many states. Fronts like this are the best to follow..and I can't wait for it to reach me down here in SE Texas overnight!

[wxmann_91]

this is a "true" example of a strong front. If they rated fronts like they did tornadoes..this would be an F5. It is rare when you see such a widespread severe outbreak followed by a 30-50F temperature drop and when you go from record heat to record cold all within 24 hrs...not to mention the huge winter mess that will be seen in many central states (Including the southern plains all the way down to central TX). Oh yeah, and the strong winds felt in many states. Fronts like this are the best to follow..and I can't wait for it to reach me down here in SE Texas overnight!

Not an F5... would be an F3 or F4. An F5 front would be one that obliterates a town with F4/F5 tornado, followed by a blizzard just six hours before that buries the same town. Yes it has happened before. When I lived in Dallas on average every spring there would be at least 1 or 2 events where a huge squall line dropped some intense lightning and rain followed by bitter cold afterwards.