Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS St. Louis, MO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR MOVEMENT OF STORMS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
104 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 1987

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 104 PM CDT A 20 MILE WIDE LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
COLUMBIA TO 15 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA TO 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
COLUMBIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH THE COLUMBIA AREA BETWEEN 115 AND 215PM. HEAVY RAIN WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AND CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED  LOW
WATER BRIDGES. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED AT 1PM BUT RESIDENTS
OF CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ABREAST OF THE WEATHER SITUATION
AS THE STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS
AFTERNOON.
HAGEMEYER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
140 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 1987

AT 130 PM CDT...A NARROW BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS BAND EXTENDED FROM NEAR ST CHARLES
TO UNION.

AS THESE STORMS PASSED THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AROUND 125 PM ABOUT
ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL IN 30 MINUTES. PEA SIZE HAIL ALSO ACCOMPANIED
THESE STORMS. THEY WILL MOVE THROUGH DOWNTOWN ST LOUIS BETWEEN 145 AND
3 PM.

THESE STORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
COVERING PARTS OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

THE RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
HUTSELL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
200 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 155 PM A LARGE AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WAS OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSOURI.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTH
CENTRAL PARTS OF THE AREA AROUND ELDON AND THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS OR
ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY.  THE THUNDERSTORM
AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AND MAY CAUSE LOCAL
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND ROADWAYS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
LOW WATER BRIDGES. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED AT 2PM BUT GUSTY
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS AONG WITH
THE HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LARM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
245 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 1987

AT 235 PM CDT...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM THE LAKE
OF THE OZARKS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH DOWNTOWN SAINT LOUIS
INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY
WINDS AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL
MISSOURI...FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF KIRKSVILLE THROUGH COLUMBIA TO NEAR
FORT LEONARD WOOD.

THE RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
HUTSELL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
300 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 255 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH
PATS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI IN A 30 MILE WIDE AREA FROM AROUND HERMITAGE..
OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD..TO ROLLA.  THE LINE OF THUNDER-
STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AND MAY CAUSE LOCAL
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...SMALL STREAMS AND ROADWAYS.  MOTORISTS
SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED LOW WATER
BRIDGES. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED AT 3PM BUT GUSTY WINDS OF 30
TO 40 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAINS
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LARM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
325 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 9 PM FOR MUCH OF SOUTH AND EAST
CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...

AT 320 PM A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM JUST
WEST OF VANDALIA ILLINOIS...60 MILES EAST OF ST. LOUIS...THROUGH
BELLEVILLE ILLINOIS...ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY MISSOURI...SOUTH OF
ST. LOUIS...TO ROLLA MISSOURI.  THE STORMS WERE MOV	ING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS
AND POSSIBLY HAIL.  NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED ALONG THIS LINE OF STORMS AS OF 315 PM.

MCCARTHY