Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS St. Louis, MO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1240 PM CDT THU JUN 1 1989

...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...

AT 1229 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS WERE OCCURRING...
 50 MILES SOUTH OF ST LOUIS IN THE FLAT RIVER/FARMINGTON MISSOURI AREAS
 65 MILES EAST OF ST LOUIS AT MT VERNON ILLINOIS
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF 1230PM.

ISOLATED STORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INTO
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

SHOWERS CONTINUED IN A LARGE PART OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI INTO THE
NORTHERN HALF OF ILLINOIS. THE RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
RADAR NOWCAST...STORMS...SOME STRONG...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN
THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF MISSOURI INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ILLINOIS
THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COLD FRONT IN
MOST OF THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF MISSOURI INTO THE NORTHERN HALF
OF ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
255 PM CDT THU JUN 1 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH ILLINOIS...

JUST BEFORE 3 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG
WIND AND SMALL HAIL WAS OVER THE CITY OF ST LOUIS...EXTENDING INTO
WEST AND SOUTHWEST PARTS OF ST LOUIS COUNTY.  THE HEAVY RAIN FROM
THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME TEMPORARY FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW
LYING AREAS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS.

THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  IT WAS PART OF A BAND OF
STORMS EXTENDING FROM WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THE ST LOUIS
AREA INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...ALL THE WAY TO WEST PLAINS MISSOURI.

MCCARTHY