Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS St. Louis, MO

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
1045 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY...

AT 1045 AM...A SMALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  THIS CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ALONG
WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS THAT MAY CAUSE FLOODING.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF THUNDERSHOWERS THAT
COVERED MOST ALL OF THE CENTRAL MISSOURI AREA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE AREA FOR MOST OF THE DAY AND SOME MAY OCCASIONALLY
BE HEAVY AND PRODUCE FLOOhDING.  A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST
CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 4PM THIS AFTERNOON.
LARM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1045 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 1040 AM...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 40 MILES WEST
OF ST LOUIS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY BETWEEN ROSEBUD AND NEW HAVEN.  THESE
STORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD MARTHASVILLE AND WASHINGTON BETWEEN 11 AND
1130 THIS MORNING.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS RECENTLY BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE
STORMS...THEY WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ST LOUIS AREA BETWEEN 1130 AND 1230.

MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR FLOODIdNG OF LOW SPOTS AND POOLING OF
WATER ON ROADS AS THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.

FELDT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1115 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST ST CHARLES COUNTY...

AT 1110 AM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST FRANKLIN
AND SOUTHWEST ST CHARLES COUNTIES BETWEEN WASHINGTON UNION AND
PACIFIC.  THIS WAS 30 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN ST LOUIS.

BETWEEN 1115 AND NOON...THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF ST
CHARLES AND INTO WEST ST LOUIS COUNTY.  A PERIOD OF HEAVY
RAIN...LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND PERHAPS SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED FURTHER WEST IN GASCONADE
COUNTY NEAR ROSEBUD.  THIS STORM WILL PUSH INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY BEFORE
NOON.

MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS AND POOLING OF
WATER ON ROADS AS THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.

FELDT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
1155 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MORGAN...MONITEAU...AND COLE
COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1245 PM...

AT 1125 AM...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.  STORMS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WERE 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBIA...AND
15 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA JUST SOUTH OF FULTON.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF LOW WATER
CROSSINGS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN MORGAN...MONITEAU...AND BENTON COUNTIES.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1230 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...

AS OF MIDDAY...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS POSTED FOR WEST MISSOURI UNTIL
4PM.  A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES AROUND
KANSAS CITY WHERE FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE STATE.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL
MISSOURI THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WHILE THE SOUTH SECTIONS OF THE
STATE WERE GENERALLY DRY WARM AND MUGGY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY
TO DEVELOP ALONG THESE CONTRASTING BOUNDRIES THIS AFTERNOON.

THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXTEND FROM OKLAHOMA ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSOURI.  SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL OR POSSIBLY TORNADOES.

ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO TEND TO RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND
FLOODING.

PEOPLE IN MISSOURI SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER THIS
AFTERNOON AND MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY.  ADDITIONAL
SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES ARE LIKELY TO BE ISSUED BEFORE 4PM.

FELDT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
105 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WASHINGTON AND CLINTON
COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...

AT 1 PM A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED FROM BREESE.. TO
GERMANTOWN TO NORTH OF NEW ATHENS.  THIS WAS 30 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN
ST LOUIS.

BETWEEN 1 AND 145PM THESE STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS
WASHINGTON AND CLINTON COUNTIES INCJLUDING CARLYLE LAKE.  STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THE STORMS PASSAGE.

FELDT