Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS St. Louis, MO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
405 PM CDT TUE APR 5 1988

...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 10PM...
...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 403 PM CDT A LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
JUST SOUTHWEST OF SEDALIA TO 10 MILES WEST OF WARSAW TO 50 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH PETTIS
...BENTON AND HICKORY COUNTIES BETWEEN 410 AN 445PM AND WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED TO SWEEP
THROUGH MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RESIDENTS
SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARbNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
HAGEMEYER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MISSOURI WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
500 PM CDT TUE APR 5 1988

...TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST MISSOURI THROUGH THE
COLUMBIA AREA INTO THE SPRINGFIELD AREA AT 5 PM. THIS LINE WAS IN
ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE LOW 60S
TO THE LOW 90S. KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL WAS REPORTING 61 DEGREES
WHILE THE SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS AIRPORT WAS REPORTING 91.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH.
PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS.

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