Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS St. Louis, MO

MOZ012-017-018-041045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT-RANGE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
333 AM CST MON JAN 4 1993

...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EARLY
THIS MORNING...

AT 330 AM...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH THE
ST LOUIS AREA.  THESE SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ST LOUIS TO NEAR ROLLA...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN MOVING INTO WESTERN
ST LOUIS COUNTY.  THIS LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN
HOUR.

AS THESE SHOWERS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
BRIEF GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED.  SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS AIRPORT IN
CHESTERFIELD REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 44 MILES AN HOUR SHORTLY AFTER
300 AM THIS MORNING.  WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR CAN BE
EXPECTED BETWEEN 330 AND 500 AM.

VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN SO
MOTORISTS SHOULD REDUCE THEIR SPEED AND USE EXTRA CAUTION.
STORM SEWERS...GUTTERS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAY ALSO QUICKLY FILL
UP WITH WATER SO AVOID THEM.

ALTHOUGH PERIODS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...THIS LINE OF
STRONGER SHOWERS AND HIGH WIND WILL MOVE EAST OF THE ST LOUIS AREA
AFTER 500 AM.  RUSH HOUR COMMUT`ERS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH
THEIR DESTINATION THIS MORNING DUE TO THE WEATHER AND WET ROADS.

LISTEN FOR LATER WEATHER UPDATES ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR
LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS.

SHEA

MOZ003-007-011-012-017-018-ILZ011-041230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT-RANGE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
503 AM CST MON JAN 4 1993

...RAIN THIS MORNING WILL USHER IN COLDER TEMPERATURES...

AT 450 AM...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWERS COVERED MUCH
OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN
WAS IN A BAND MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS TO ABOUT 50 MILES
SOUTH OF ST LOUIS...WHILE ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING
THROUGH THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA.  THIS RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MILES AN HOUR.

WITH THE STEADY RAIN THIS MORNING COMBINED WITH HEAVIER RAINFALL
OVERNIGHT...SOME STREET FLOODING AND PONDING IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.
RUSH HOUR MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION THIS MORNING AND ALLOW EXTRA
TRAVEL TIME WITH THE WEATHER AND WET ROADWAYS.

FOR ST LOUIS AND AREAS EAST OF THE OZARKS...RAIN WILL GRADUALLY LET UP
BY MID-MORNING.  TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER IN THE UPPER 50S BUT
BEGIN TO DROP AFTER 900 AM.

FOR KIRKSVILLE...QUINCY AND HANNIBAL COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL
QUICKLY MOVE IN THIS MORNING ALONG WITH PATCHY AREAS OF FOG AND
DRIZZLE.  TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR THE FREEZING MARK THIS
MORNING SO TRAVELERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR FREEZING PRECIPITATION.

FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

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