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#401 Postby caneseddy » Fri May 31, 2013 7:59 pm

RT @thestormreport: St. Louis National Weather Service office has evacuated due to #tornado threat. @spann
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#402 Postby Texas Snowman » Fri May 31, 2013 7:59 pm

@ChaserCentral: "St. Louis NWS seeking shelter due to tornadic debris signature approaching their office - take shelter if in the path. #mowx"
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#403 Postby Bunkertor » Fri May 31, 2013 7:59 pm

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0914
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0705 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

AREAS AFFECTED...ERN KS THROUGH CNTRL MO

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 260...263...

VALID 010005Z - 010130Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 260...263...CONTINUES.

SUMMARY...STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT FOR
TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND FROM SERN KS THROUGH CNTRL
MO NEXT FEW HOURS. OTHER STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP EWD INTO CNTRL
AND SCNTRL IL WHERE A NEW WW MAY BE NEEDED BY 01Z.

DISCUSSION...A BROKEN LINE OF STORMS PERSISTS FROM SERN KS THROUGH
CNTRL MO. ORGANIZED STRUCTURES WITH INCLUDING SUPERCELLS AND LINE
SEGMENTS CONTINUE TO BE OBSERVED. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY
UNSTABLE...AND STRENGTHENING LLJ WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE SW-NE ORIENTED CONVECTIVELY ENHANCED BOUNDARY.
VWP DATA SHOW VERY FAVORABLE DEEP SHEAR IN EXCESS OF 50 KT IN THE
0-6 KM LAYER...ALONG WITH SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR LOW LEVEL
MESOCYCLONES.

STORMS MAY DEVELOP NEWD THROUGH CNTRL IL ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THIS
EVENING...AND BOW ECHO STORM NEAR ST. LOUIS WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO
SCNTRL IL.

..DIAL.. 06/01/2013
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#404 Postby Texas Snowman » Fri May 31, 2013 8:00 pm

‏@KatyJBlakey: "TORNADO EMERGENCY: Traffic stopped along I-240, people are abandoning cars seeking shelter beneath underpasses."

KFOR - Tornado crossing I-35 in South Moore/north Norman.
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#405 Postby WeatherGuesser » Fri May 31, 2013 8:01 pm

So close to the radar site, I can't see much detail.
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#406 Postby RL3AO » Fri May 31, 2013 8:03 pm

Hearing that NWS St. Louis has evacuated to shelter.
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#407 Postby Bunkertor » Fri May 31, 2013 8:03 pm

SPC AC 010042

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0742 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

VALID 010100Z - 011200Z

...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS PORTIONS CENTRAL TO NERN
OK...EXTREME SERN KS...SWRN MO...EXTREME NWRN AR...

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ELSEWHERE FROM SRN OK TO SRN
LOWER MI AND NWRN OH...

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS PORTIONS UPPER MS VALLEY TO
WRN/NRN WI AND WRN UPPER MI...

...SYNOPSIS...
MID-UPPER LEVEL CYCLONE CENTERED OVER NERN SD IS FCST TO PERSIST AS
WELL-DEFINED VORTICITY MAX...BUT DEAMPLIFY INTO
HIGH-AMPLITUDE/OPEN-WAVE TROUGH OVER MN BY AROUND 12Z. TROUGH WILL
EXTEND SWWD ACROSS CENTRAL PLAINS TO NERN NM/TX PANHANDLE REGION BY
THEN. AS THIS OCCURS...UPPER JET MAX IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN FROM
IA NEWD ACROSS LM TO NRN ONT...WHILE SWRN LIMB OF SAME JET CORE
WEAKENS OVER SRN HIGH PLAINS. AMONG NUMEROUS...MOSTLY SUBTLE AND
SMALL PERTURBATIONS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN ASSOCIATED FLOW FIELD...MOST
PRONOUNCED BEING SHORTWAVE OVER ERN CO AND MCV OVER OH. OH FEATURE
WILL MOVE NEWD...PRECEDED BY CONVECTION WITH MRGL WIND/HAIL THREAT
FOR 2-3 MORE HOURS. DCVA RELATED TO APCHG CENTRAL HIGH-PLAINS
TROUGH MAY AID IN PERSISTING CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT IN SRN
PLAINS/OZARKS.

AT SFC...PRIMARY CYCLONE WAS CENTERED OVER SERN ND AND SHOULD
CLOSELY FOLLOW MID-UPPER VORTICITY MAX INTO MN OVERNIGHT. SFC COLD
FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD ACROSS UPPER MS VALLEY REGION...IA
AND NRN MO OVERNIGHT...AND SLOWLY SEWD OVER PORTIONS WRN MO...SERN
KS...AND NRN/WRN OK. DOUBLE DRYLINE STRUCTURE WAS ANALYZED AT 23Z
WITH INITIAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM SECONDARY LOW OVER SWRN OK SWWD
BETWEEN SNK-SWW AND INTO TX BIG BEND REGION. SECONDARY DRYLINE WAS
EVIDENT ON MESONET DATA AND RADAR REFLECTIVITY ALONG WRN EDGE OF
UPPER 60S/70S F DEW POINT AIR MASS FROM E OF HBR SWD TO NEAR RPH.
THESE FEATURES SHOULD RETREAT/CONSOLIDATE THROUGH REMAINDER
EVENING...MERGING WITH SFC FRONTAL ZONE OVER SWRN OK.

...SRN PLAINS TO MID MS VALLEY REGION AND IL...
SUBSTANTIAL SVR EVENT IS UNDERWAY OVER THIS CORRIDOR WITH MULTIPLE
TORNADIC OR POTENTIALLY TORNADIC TSTMS FROM SWRN MO TO CENTRAL OK.
THIS INCLUDES SUPERCELL CLUSTER MOVING THROUGH OKC METRO AREA WITH
HISTORY OF MULTIPLE-VORTEX TORNADO PRODUCTION. BACKED SFC WINDS AND
RELATED ENLARGEMENT OF LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS ARE NOW WELL UNDERWAY
AND SHOULD CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS...LEADING TO EFFECTIVE SRH
300-400 J/KG THAT COULD REACH 500 J/KG WHILE INFLOW PARCELS STILL
ARE SFC-BASED. REF WWS 260...262...263...265...AND RELATED
MESOSCALE DISCUSSIONS FOR LATEST UPDATED DETAILS OVER THIS CORRIDOR.


THIS EVENING THROUGH OVERNIGHT...MCS WITH CONCENTRATED DAMAGING-WIND
POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE FROM CENTRAL OK TO SRN MO AND MOVE
EWD ACROSS NERN OK...SRN MO AND SRN IL. EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS AND
LEWP/BOW FEATURES STILL WILL POSE TORNADO POTENTIAL AS WELL THROUGH
MUCH OF OVERNIGHT HOURS. EFFECTIVE INFLOW PARCELS SHOULD REMAIN AT
OR NEARLY SFC-BASED WELL INTO TONIGHT SINCE DIABATIC STABILIZATION
OF VERY HIGH-THETAE INFLOW LAYER WILL BE SLOW/GRADUAL.
MEANWHILE...MLCAPE 2500-4500 J/KG WILL PERSIST THROUGH EVENING.

...UPPER MS VALLEY...WI...LS...UPPER MI...
BKN BANDS OF TSTMS ALONG/AHEAD OF SFC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO AIR
MASS CHARACTERIZED BY 500-1000 J/KG MLCAPE AND INCREASING EFFECTIVE
SHEAR WITH SEWD EXTENT. HAIL HAS BEEN AND WILL REMAIN PRIMARY SVR
THREAT FROM HERE ON...THOUGH SOME ORTHOGONAL COMPONENT OF FLOW ALOFT
WITH RESPECT TO CONVECTIVE ALIGNMENT ALSO IS EVIDENT IN SUPPORT OF
GUST THREAT. REF WW 261 AND LATEST MESOSCALE DISCUSSIONS FOR
NEAR-TERM GUIDANCE ACROSS THIS AREA. OVERALL SVR HAZARD SHOULD
DIMINISH AFTER ABOUT 04Z.

...NRN INDIANA...
SMALL BUT SVR COMPLEX OF TSTMS SHOULD PROCEED ENEWD ACROSS NRN
INDIANA WITH POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING GUSTS AND ISOLATED/MRGLLY SVR
HAIL. ALTHOUGH DEEP SHEAR IS BEING LIMITED BY LACK OF STG MID-UPPER
WINDS...FORWARD PROPAGATION AND PRECIP-LOADING EFFECTS WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO GUST THREAT WITH THIS ACTIVITY. REF WW 264 AND
ASSOCIATED MESOSCALE DISCUSSIONS FOR MORE DETAILED SHORT-TERM
GUIDANCE.
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#408 Postby caneseddy » Fri May 31, 2013 8:03 pm

@BranD_Wallace RT @thestormreport: #Tornado Warning for the St. Louis area. Sirens now being sounded across the city. #mowx
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Re: Multi-day outbreak for most of this week

#409 Postby RL3AO » Fri May 31, 2013 8:08 pm

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
806 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

MOC183-189-010115-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-130601T0115Z/
ST. CHARLES MO-ST. LOUIS MO-
806 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ST. LOUIS AND ST.
CHARLES COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 800 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WELDON SPRING...
AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.


HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
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Re: Multi-day outbreak for most of this week

#410 Postby RL3AO » Fri May 31, 2013 8:10 pm

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
808 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHEASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHERN ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 806 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. CHARLES...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
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#411 Postby CrazyC83 » Fri May 31, 2013 8:12 pm

St. Louis has been backed up by Kansas City.
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#412 Postby Bunkertor » Fri May 31, 2013 8:12 pm

Pft. I need a break
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#413 Postby RL3AO » Fri May 31, 2013 8:13 pm

Tornado debris signature for storm NW of St. Louis.

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#414 Postby TeamPlayersBlue » Fri May 31, 2013 8:13 pm

news9.com is showing alot of power flashes
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#415 Postby Bunkertor » Fri May 31, 2013 8:13 pm

Damage reported near St Louis
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#416 Postby AdamFirst » Fri May 31, 2013 8:13 pm

http://fox2now.com/on-air/live-streaming/

St. Louis live stream

this station is in the firing line of the tornado...
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#417 Postby gboudx » Fri May 31, 2013 8:14 pm

Fox News is showing Okc and it looks like night. Here in the metroplex there is still quite a bit of daylight. Are the storms that intense to make it look like night?
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#418 Postby EF-5bigj » Fri May 31, 2013 8:15 pm

More powerflashes.
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#419 Postby CrazyC83 » Fri May 31, 2013 8:17 pm

Power flashes does NOT mean a tornado. It could be the RFD winds of over 80 mph.
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#420 Postby apocalypt-flyer » Fri May 31, 2013 8:17 pm

gboudx wrote:Fox News is showing Okc and it looks like night. Here in the metroplex there is still quite a bit of daylight. Are the storms that intense to make it look like night?


Storms and power's gone in quite a number of areas.

That looks REALLY rough i the St. Louis Airport/St. Charles area.
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