Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS St. Louis, MO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
200 AM CDT THU SEP 18 1986

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THE REST OF THE NIGHT...
AT 145AM..
A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS ACROSS MISSOURI IN ABOUT A 40 MILE WIDE BAND
FROM KANSAS CITY TO SEDALIA TO JEFFERSON CITY AND ON EAST TO ST. LOUIS.
VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS DETECTED OF THESE STORMS DURING THE PAST TWO
HOURS.

THE STORMS OF CONCERN IN CENTRAL MISSOURI WERE OVER TIPTON..25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA AND NEAR ELDON..ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
JEFFERSON CITY.  THESE CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
THAT WAS CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.  THE OTHER STORMS MAY ALSO CAUSE POWER
OUTAGES OR NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES THIS MORNING AS WELL AS SOME SMALL
STREAM AND STREET FLOODING.
LARM

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

... FLOODING LIKELY IN JEFFERSON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES ...

AT 230 AM..THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ST
LOUIS AREA. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED IN NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES. FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THESE AREAS
AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT.

4 INCHES OF RAIN WERE REPORTED IN STE GENEVIEVE COUNTY..AND RADAR
INDICATED THAT COUNTIES IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE RECEIVED
MORE.

OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DOTTED NORTH SECTIONS OF THE ST LOUIS
AREA HOWEVER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE NOT EXCESSIVE AS OF 245AM.

RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE THAT HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH
OF FRANKLIN..JEFFERSON..AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 5AM.
PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT ROADS TO BECOME FLOODED..
AND EXPECT QUICK RISES IN SMALLER CREEKS.

FELDT

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.

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