Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS St. Louis, MO

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

MOZ045>051-055>059-068>070-281050-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI
447 AM CDT THU APR 28 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL MISSOURI
UNTIL 800 AM...

AT 435 AM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN A 10 MILE WIDE
AREA FROM NEAR ROLLA TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA NEAR HERMITAGE.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
A SMALL TREEWAS BLOWN OVER BY ONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ELKTON
IN SOUTHERN HICKORY COUNTY...AND LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH A
THUNDERSTORM EARLIER IN DALLAS COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED
SOMEWHAT IN INTENSITY BUT WERE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS
AND HAIL.

IF YOU LIVE IN LINN CREEK...TUSCUMBIA OR VIENNA BE PREPARED FOR THESE
THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 440 AM AND 515 AM THIS MORNING

IF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA GET TO A STRONG BUILDING
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PASS ALONG AND SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION TO THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO IT CAN BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

LA GREE

MOZ053>057-066>069-077>081-088>096-101>105-281100-

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

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED ACROSS EXTREME PORTIONS OF
   WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS
   MORNING...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #162 FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF BATES...
HENRY...ST CLAIR...VERNON...BARTON...DADE...JASPER...LAWRENCE...
NEWTON...MCDONALD...AND BARRY HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED.

HOWEVER...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AT 500 AM CDT. THESE STORMS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
THUS...FLASH FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING.

 PEOPLE IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD
CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVJE TO HIGHER GROUND...SHOULD
FLOODWATERS THREATEN.

METZE

MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-ILZ095>102-271800-

MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
512 AM CDT THU APR 28 1994

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS
EVENING FOR PARTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI.  THIS RISK IS GENERALLY EAST OF
A QUINCY...ROLLA...TO CAPE GIRARDEAU LINE...AND INCLUDES THE ENTIRE
ST LOUIS METRO AREA.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY OVER THE
REMAINDER OF MISSOURI...EZXCEPT THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER.

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE URGED TO KEEP ADVISED
OF THE LATEST FORECAST AND WATCH INFORMATION.  SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTION
MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

SHEA

MOZ047>049-055>065-068>076-079>087-090>092-095-096-098>100-103-
ILZ099>102-281200-

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

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH #165 FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
   MISSOURI IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT...

AT 515 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS CONTINUED TO SHOW
A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTH OF JOPLIN TO
THE ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA. THESE STORM WERE MOVING TO THE EAST TO
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SEEMS TO BE
LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING. THUS...THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL CONTINUE. ALSO...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES
FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING.

DO NOT TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM ON FOOT OR WITH YOUR AUTOMOBILE...
AS THE DEPTH AND CURRENT STRENGTH MAY BE TO HARD TO JUDGE. MOST FLASH
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARD TO DETERMINE FLOODED CONDITIONS.
.
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LASTEST WARNINGS
AND STATEMENTS.

METZE