Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS St. Louis, MO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MISSOURI WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
500 AM CDT MON APR 13 1987

... CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS PARTS OF MISSOURI ...
... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SOUTHWEST MO UNTIL 11 AM ...

A MAJOR SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A VARIETY OF WEATHER ACROSS
MISSOURI TODAY .. TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
THE STATE AND HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF THE STATE.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING
AND WILL INTENSIFY AND MOVE NORTHEAST BY TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE LIKELY AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM AND THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE
OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

THE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS
OF 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN A FEW AREAS.

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY
TUESDAY...BUT SHOULD BEGIN /TO DIMINISH THE LATTER PART OF TUESDAY.

FELDT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
510 AM CDT MON APR 13 1987

... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER EASTERN MISSOURI ...

AT 5AM THIS MORNING....SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND NUMEROUS SHOWERS
DOTTED THE EAST PORTION OF MISSOURI. SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS
WERE INDICATED BETWEEN BOWLING GREEN AND QUINCY...NEAR THE HANNIBAL
AREA.

ANOTHER STRONG STORM PRODUCED 1 INCH HAIL AT CAPE GIRARDEAU AROUND
430AM.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR HAIL.

.. ST LOUIS AREA ..

THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE METRO AREA. LAMMERT FIELD
REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM ON THE HOUR WITH HEAVY RAIN. OTHER PORTIONS OF
THE AREA WERE COMPLETELY DRY HOWEVER.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO COVER THE AREA IN A VERY SCATTERED AND
RANDOM FASHION THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH HOUR.

A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER CENTR8AL
MISSOURI. THIS AREA WILL REACH MISSOURI AFTER 7AM WITH A BETTER CHANCE
FOR A MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN AT THAT TIME.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO DRY SLOWLY IN THE RAIN AREA THIS
MORNING.

FELDT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
610 AM CDT MON APR 13 1987

... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EASTERN MISSOURI ...

AT 6AM THIS MORNING....A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERED NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI FROM QUINCY AND KIRKSVILLE TO COLUMBIA
AND THEN INTO THE OZARKS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WAS
INDICATED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN ELSBERRY AND LOUISIANA.

OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING CAPE GIRARDEAU...THUNDERSTORMS
WERE ISOLATED IN COVERAGE. MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL IN THIS
REGION THROUGH MID MORNING BUT THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL LIKELY LATER
TODAY.

FOR ST LOUIS...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED
ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF THE AREA. MOVEMENT WAS EASTWARD AND THIS AREA
OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO WEST SECTIONS OF THE ST LOUIS AREA
AROUND 7AM AND OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE AREA BY 830AM. BE SURE TO TAKE
aALONG AN UMBRELLA TODAY!

THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A STRONG WEATHER
MAKING SYSTEM CENTERED OVER OKLAHOMA. IT WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A
GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT.

FELDT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
635 AM CDT MON APR 13 1987

... CHANCE FOR SMALL HAIL OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AT 630
AM THIS MORNING. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM LOUISIANA..TO TROY TO
SULLIVAN. THIS WAS ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF THE ST LOUIS AREA.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROND 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH WEST
PORTIONS OF THE ST LOUIS AREA BY 7AM AND REACH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE ST
LOUIS AREA BY 8AM. SURROUNDING COUNTIES OF FRANKLIN AND LINCOLN CAN
ALSO EXPECT THESE STORMS TO PASS THROUGH SHORTLY.

AS THE STORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA...GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAyIL WILL BE COMMON. RUSH HOUR MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROAD CONDITIONS.

FELDT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
710 AM CDT MON APR 13 1987

... GUSTY WINDS.. HEAVY RAIN.. LIGHTNING.. FORECAST IN ST LOUIS ...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO THE ST LOUIS AREA AT 710 THIS
MORNING. IT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE METRO AREA BETWEEN 7 AND 830 THIS
MORNING.

THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM JERSEY COUNTY
ILLINOIS...INTO ST CHARLES AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN MISSOURI.

VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND PERHAPS SOME
SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE STORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA. 1/2 TO 1
INCH OF RAIN WILL BE LIKELY BEFORE 10AM.

VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AND ROADS WET DUE TO THE RAIN SO
MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IN DRIVING TO SCHOOL OR WORK THIS
MORNING.

FELDT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
808 AM CDT MON APR 13 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 805 AM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE CONCENTRATED FROM THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS
AREA TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY TO JUST NORTHWEST OF ROLLA.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM SEDALIA TO JUST SOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA REGIONAL AIRPORT TO
MONTGOMERY CITY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OFF AND
ON INTO TONIGHT.
HAGEMEYER