Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS St. Louis, MO

MOZ000-162100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
300 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM FOR PORTIONS
OF WARREN...FRANKLIN...ST CHARLES...AND ST LOUIS COUNTIES...
...TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI...

AT 300 PM CDT A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CURVED
FROM THE ST LOUIS AREA THROUGH LAKE OF THE OZARKS..THEN SOUTHWEST
INTO THE SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI AREA.  A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY ALREAY
BE SEVERE.  HEAVIEST STORMS AT 3 PM WERE CENTERED JUST WEST OF THE
ST LOUIS AREA AND JEFFERSON CITY.

THERE IS THE THREAT OF BOTH FLASH FLOODING AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY INCLUDING HAIL WIND AND EVEN TORNADOES LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 230 PM CDT...HOWEVER THE
CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE DURING
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

PEDIGO

MOZ009-010-011-013-014-162130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
310 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 545PM FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI TIL
8PM AND EASTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 11PM...

AT 3PM...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE
OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

MANY ROADS WERE UNDER WATER OR IMPASSABLE.  MOTORISTS ARE WARNED NOT TO
TRY AND CROSS OR DRIVE THROUGH THESE ROADS.  HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY FROM THESE STORMS FOR THE REST OF
THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING

LARM

MOZ009-010-011-013-014-162200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
345 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 545PM FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI TIL
8PM AND EASTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 11PM...

AT 3PM...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE
OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

MANY ROADS WERE UNDER WATER OR IMPASSABLE.  MOTORISTS ARE WARNED NOT TO
TRY AND CROSS OR DRIVE THROUGH THESE ROADS.  HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY FROM THESE STORMS FOR THE REST OF
THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING

CONTRA!RY TO A EARLIER REPORT...INTERSTATE 70 WEST OF SWEET SPRINGS IS
NOT CLOSED.  WATER FROM DAVIS CREEK IS THREATENING THE HIGHWAY BUT IT
IS NOT CLOSED AT THIS TIME.

MOZALL-ILZ009>012-161230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
340 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

..A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT TONIGHT FOR PARTS OF
EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI..

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS POSTED TODAY FOR MOST OF MISSOURI EXCEPT
THE NORTHWEST AND BOOTHEEL...

AT 330 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WITH
THE POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL NEAR JEFFERSON CITY..WARRENTON AND
WENTZVILLE MISSOURI.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN STOCKTON LAKE AND COLUMBIA MISSOURI
AND THE SOUTH TIP OF ILLINOIS BETWEEN MT VERNON AND PADUCAH KENTUCKY.

THE STORMS WERE IN AN AREA OF RAINSHOWERS S)TRETCHING FROM WEST CENTRAL
MISSOURI INTO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
FMD

MOZ007-010-011-012-017-018-ILZ009>012-162230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
440 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS POSTED FOR MOST OF MISSOURI EXCEPT
THE NORTHWEST AND BOOTHEEL FOR TODAY...

AT 429 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH
POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL WERE OCCURRING IN A CLUSTER FROM 50 MILES
WEST OF ST LOUIS INTO ST LOUIS MISSOURI.
AND JUST NORTHWEST OF QUINCY TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY NEAR
HAVANA ILLINOIS.
OTHER STORMS WERE OCCURRING IN MOST OF THE CENTRAL TO NORTHEAST MISSOURI
AND THE SOUTH HALF OF ILLINOIS.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.

MOZ011-012-ILZ011-162300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
433 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

...HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING ACROSS ST LOUIS AND WILL MAKE A MESS OF RUSH
HOUR...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING COVERS ALL OF THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA.

HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST IN ST LOUIS THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING HOURS
WITH OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL NOT ONLY DISRUPT RUSH
HOUR BUT ALSO AGGRIVATE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.

A SERIES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LINED UP TO THE WEST OF ST
LOUIS. THE FIRST STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN ST CHARLES
COUNTY...THE NEXT WAS 40 MILES WEST OF ST LOUIS...AND THE LAST WAS
NEAR COLUMBIA.

ALL THREE OF THESE BANDS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PUSHING
ACROSS THE ST LOUIS AREA BETWEEN 445 AND 9 PM THIS EVENING.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOODED CREEK OR STREAM TONIGHT.

FELDT