Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS St. Louis, MO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
304 PM CDT WED JUL 9 1986

THE HEAT INDEX HAS TOPPED 100 IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI..AND ACROSS THE
MID SECTION OF THE STATE.  EXTRA CAUTION IS ADVISED THIS AFTERNOON
TO GUARD AGAINST THE DANGERS OF HEAT STRESS.

MID AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES HAVE REACHED THE MID 90S TO AROUND 100
DEGREES IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI.  TEMPERATURE READINGS IN
NORTHERN MISSOURI RANGED FROM THE MID 80S TO AROUND 90 AT MID
AFTERNOON.

SOME RELIEF WILL APPEAR LATER IN THE AFTERNOON OVER PARTS OF EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP.
IN ADDITION..THE FRONT WHICH HAS BROKEN THE EXCESSIVE HEAT IN
NORTHERN MISSOURI WILL DRIFT A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT.  IT SHOULD STALL ACROSS THE MID SECTION
OF THE STATE BY EARLY THURSDAY.

IN THE MEANTIME..PERSONS IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD
BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY.  DO NOT OVERDO
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES..ESPECIALLY IN SUNNY AREAS.  TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS
IN THE SHADE.  TRY TO KEEP YOUR INDOOR SURROUNDINGS WELL VENTILATED
IF AIR CONDITIONING IS NOT AVAILABLE.  WEAR LIGHT CLOTHING AND DRINK
PLENTY OF NON ALCOHOLIC LIQUIDS.

MCCARTHY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
505 PM CDT WED JUL 9 1986

.....VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN METRO EAST....

AT 5 PM CDT..A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY ILLINOIS.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  THE STORM HAS DROPPED HEAVY RAIN
AND HAIL TO MARBLE SIZE IN THE BELLEVILLE AREA.  IT ALSO HAS PRODUCED
SOME GUSTY WIND.

THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN ST CLAIR AND INTO WASHINGTON COUNTYp
ILLINOIS BETWEEN 515 AND 630 PM AND WILL PRODUCE SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN
SMALL HAIL AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH.

TUCKER