Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS St. Louis, MO

MOZ049-051-058-059-280420-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI
1019 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 1015PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PART OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE AREA WAS 15 MILES
WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JEFFERSON CITY TO 30 MILES
EAST OF JEFFERSON CITY.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE
TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 35MPH.

RESIDENTS IN OSAGE...GASCONADE..AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR THESE STORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THEIR AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...LMOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.  STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

REAUGH

MOZ052-060>065-ILZ098>102-280450-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1052 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING OVER THE ST LOUIS AREA...

SINCE 1015 PM...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REDEVELOPING
OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI.  AT 1050 PM...THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM
NEAR DOWNTOWN ST LOUIS...TO ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON...NEAR THE
FRANKLIN...GASCONADE COUNTY LINE.

THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.
WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED...THE STRONGER STORMS
WILL BE PRODUCING ISOLATED AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG
WITH SOME SMALL HAIL...ACROSS THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA BETWEEN
1050 PM AND MIDNIGHT.

TRUETT

ILZ095>102-280545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1140 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE BI-STATE AREA...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE BI-STATE
AREA LATE THIS EVENING.   AT 1140 PM...THE STRONGEST STORMS
EXTENDED FROM NEAR DOWNTOWN ST LOUIS...TO ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WASHINGTON...IN FRANKIN COUNTY.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL
BRING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL...TO THE CITY OF
ST LOUIS...AS WELL AS TO SECTIONS OF ST LOUIS...FRANKLIN...AND
JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN MISSOURI...AND MONROE...ST CLAIR...AND MADISON
COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...BETWEEN 1140 PM AND 1230 PM.

TRUETT

MOZ053>057-066>069-077>081-088>096-101>105-280705-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1201 AM CDT THU APR 28 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
UNTIL 5 AM...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 5 AM THIS MORNING.  SOME OF THE
CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE CASSVILLE..CLINTON..JOPLIN...
NEVADA...AND STOCKTON.

THE LATEST SATELLITE AND UPPER LEVEL WIND DATA SUGGESTS THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS NOW OCCURRING OVER WESTERN MISSOURI...AS WELL AS OVER
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WILL BE INCREASING IN
INTENSITY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...REMEMBER
THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OFTEN PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING.  BECAUSE OF THIS THREAT...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI FOR THE REMAINDER OF
TONIG^HT...AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

PEOPLE THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ARE URGED TO FOLLOW
WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT BY MONITORING NOAA
WEATHER RADIO....OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS.

TRUETT

MOZ024-025-032-033-039>042-045>051-055>059-068>070-280645

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
1245 AM CDT THU APR 28 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTH HALF OF CENTRAL
MISSOURI...

AT 1240 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM THE NORTH END
OF THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS TO JEFFERSON CITY AND THEN EAST TO
HERMANN IN GASCONADE COUNTY AND BELLE IN MARIES COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE LOCATED 35 MILES EAST AND 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JEFFERSON
CITY.  THESE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS.  ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WHICH
MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IN TOWNS AND ON COUNTY ROADS.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING.  IF
YOU ARE DRIVING...SLOW DOWN WHEN CROSSING LOW BRIDGES OR LOW SPOTS
IN TOWNS.                          KENNEDY

MOZ060>065-ILZ100>102-280800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1258 AM CDT THU APR 28 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM OVER THE BI-STATE AREA...

AT 1255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER
ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE
STORMS EXTEND FROM 20 MILES WEST OF ST. CHARLES TO 15 MILES WEST OF
WASHINGTON.

STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.  THESE
STORMS WILL BRING SMALL HAIL AND ISOLATED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS
THE MISSOURI COUNTIES OF WARREN...FRANKLIN...JEFFERSON...ST.
CHARLES...ST. LOUIS AND ST. LOUIS CITY...AND THE ILLINOIS COUNTIES OF
MADISON...ST. CLAIR...AND MONROE. THIS ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR BETWEEN ONE
AND THREE THIS MORNING.

REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT
CLOUD.  PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS
NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD.

ST/DM