Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS St. Louis, MO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
410 AM CDT THU SEP 18 1986

...FLOODING APPEARS IMMINENT JUST SOUTH OF ST LOUIS...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR FOUR COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...

AT 355 AM...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO LIE IN A NARROW EAST-WEST
LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ST LOUIS TO 75 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF ST LOUIS.

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR AT LEAST PORTIONS OF
FRANKLIN AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN MISSOURI AND MONROE AND ST. CLAIR
COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS.

HEAVY RAINS HAVE CONTINUED FOR UP TO SEVEN HOURS IN PORTIONS OF THESE
COUNTIES AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST SUNRISE.
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FLOODING WILL BECOME QUITE PRONOUNCED IN THESE AREAS..ESPECIALLY
IN SECONDARY ROADS AND SMALLER CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. MANY PERSONS WILL BE DRIVING
INTO THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA DURING DARKNESS OR SEMI-DAYLIGHT.
DO NOT...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER..YOU COULD BE STRANDED
OR TRAPPED. THE DEPTH OF WATER IS NOT ALWAYS OBVIOUS.

BE VERY CAREFUL TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS THIS MORNING.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO..COMMERCIAL RADIO..OR
TELEVISION STATION FOR LATEST INFORMATION.

PEDIGO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
505 AM CDT THU SEP 18 1986

...FLOODING APPEARS IMMINENT JUST SOUTH OF ST LOUIS...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR FOUR COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...

AT 500 AM...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPED OVER FRANKLIN AND JEFFERSON
COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...JUST SOUTH OF THE ST LOUIS METRO-
POLITAN AREA. RAINFALL..HEAVY AT TIMES..HAS BEEN FALLING MOST OF THE
NIGHT THERE. NO OFFICIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT
THIS TIME..HOWEVER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF FIVE INCHES ARE LIKELY.

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR AT LEAST PORTIONS OF
FRANKLIN AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN MISSOURI AND MONROE AND ST. CLAIR
COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS UNTIL ABOUT SUNRISE THIS MORNING.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO CROSS EASTWARD THROUGH THE ST LOUIS
METROPOLITAN AREA FURTHER NORTH AND IT APPEARS THAT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE RUSH HOUR THIS
MORNING.

FLOODING WILL BECOME QUITE PRONOUNCED TO THE SOUTH OF ST LOUIS...
ESPECIALLY IN SECONDARY ROADS AND SMALLER CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS DRIVING INTO ST LOUIS
FROM THE SOUTH SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING.
DO NOT...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER..YOU COULD BE STRANDED
OR TRAPPED. THE DEPTH OF WATER IS NOT ALWAYS OBVIOUS.

BE VERY CAREFUL TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS THIS MORNDING.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO..COMMERCIAL RADIO..OR
TELEVISION STATION FOR LATEST INFORMATION.

PEDIGO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
545 AM CDT THU SEP 18 1986

... FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ENTIRE ST. LOUIS AREA ...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR 4 COUNTIES JUST SOUTH OF ST LOUIS WILL
EXPIRE SHORTLY AFTER 6AM.

AT 545 AM...RAIN WAS INDICATED OVER MOST OF THE ST LOUIS AREA WITH
HEAVY RAIN IN NUMEROUS SPOTS. HEAVIER RAIN WAS INDICATED ALONG THE
MISSOURI RIVER NEAR MARTHASVILLE AND WASHINGTON AND EXTENDED INTO
WEST ST LOUIS COUNTY AND JEFFERSON COUNTY.

THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS WILL TEND TO FLOOD LOW SPOTS IN ROADS..AND
RUSH HOUR MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR THESE FLOODED AREAS.
IN ADDITION..SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BeE RISING AND COULD
OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.
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SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS WIL CONTINUE IN THE ST.
LOUIS AREA THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH HOUR.

FELDT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO.
836 AM CDT THU SEP 18 1986

..A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FROM WEST CENTRAL TO
  EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI..KANSAS CITY TO ST LOUIS..
..STRONG STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE FROM CENTRAL TO
  EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI TO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS..

AT 832 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED
IN PARTS OF CENTRAL TO EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI TO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.
SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUED IN A LARGE PART OF WEST CENTRAL
TO EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI TO SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

THIS 175 MILE WIDE AREA OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM WEST OF SEDALIA
THROUGH THE ST LOUIS MISSOURI AREA TO EAST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY.

THE STRONGER STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE IN A 40 MILE WIDE AREA
FROM NEAR THE VICHY/RALLO AREA IN MISSOURI TO JUST WEST OF MARION
ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES A	N HOUR.

TRAVELERS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CAUTION THIS MORNING AROUND LOW LYING AREAS
AND LOW BRIDGES..AND ANY PLACE WATER MAY COLLECT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO.
930 AM CDT THU SEP 18 1986

..A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FROM WEST CENTRAL TO
  EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI..KANSAS CITY TO ST LOUIS..
..STRONG STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE IN EAST CENTRAL
  ..AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI..

AT 928 AM CDT...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
OCCURRING JUST NORTH OF ST LOUIS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED IN PARTS OF CENTRAL TO
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS..
CONTINUED IN A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL TO EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI TO
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

THIS 160 MILE WIDE AREA OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES WEST OF
JEFFERSON CITY THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI TO NORTHEAST OF PADUCAH
KENTUCKY.

THE STRONGER STORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTH OF ST LOUIS MISSOURI..AND IN
A 30 MILE WIDE AREA FROM THE VTICHY/RALLO AREA TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI.

TRAVELERS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA THE TODAY AND WATCH FOR WATER COLLECTING
IN LOW AREAS.

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