Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS St. Louis, MO

MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-ILZ095>102-270025-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
525 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST
...CENTRAL...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT.
LARGER CITIES INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH ARE COLUMBIA...
SPRINGFIELD...BRANSON...JOPLIN...SEDALIA...ROLLA...JEFFERSON CITY...
...UNION AND LEBANON.

AT 520 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED EXPLOSIVE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...ROUGHLY FROM NEAR FORT
LEONARD WOOD TO JOPLIN.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.  INIDICATIONS ARE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND
DEVELOP INTO CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE OVER THE
NEXT FEW HOURS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO
OCCUR.  BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR
AREA.

GLASS

MOZ024-025-032-033-039>042-045>051-055>059-068>070-262340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
540 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH HALF OF CENTRAL MISSOURI
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

AT 535 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING UP INTO THE
SOUTH COUNTIES OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...AROUND LEBANON IN LACLEDE COUNTY
60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY...AND ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH
OF FORT LEONARD WOOD IN PULASKI COUNTY.  THE COMMUNITIES OF WANESVILLE
AND RICHLAND WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS BETWEEN 600 AND 615 PM
CDT.

IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY...THEN CALL
THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENC:Y TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.  DO NOT STAY OUTDOORS IF YOU SEE
STRONG STORMS APPROACHING YOUR AREA.

LB

MOZ061-063-ILZ098-099-270015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
614 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE ST LOUIS AREA...

AT 610 PM...NWS RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER
NORTHERN ST CHARLES COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY ILLINOIS.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE
AFFECTING NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ST LOUIS AREA.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.
PONDING OF WATER MAY ALSO OCCUR ON AREA ROADWAYS.

MOTORISTS AND RESIDENTS ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ST LOUIS METRO
AREA SHOULD KEEP A~DVISED TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

GLASS

MOZ065-036-061-063-064-ILZ098-099-100-102-101-270145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
643 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST
ILLINOIS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE
ENTIRE ST LOUIS METRO AREA.

AT 640 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
FROM NEAR SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS THROUGH THE ST LOUIS AREA TO NEAR FORT
LEONARD WOOD.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.  THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI CONTINUES TO BE VERY
UNSTABLE AND INDICATIIONS ARE THAT EXPLOSIVE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FEW HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING.

RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ARE ADVISED TO CLOSELY MONITOR LOCAL
MEDIA SOURCES OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND/OR
WARNINGS.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE
WATCH AREA.

GLASS

MOZ058-070>076-082>087-097>100-106>115-270205-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
704 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EXCLUDING THE
BOOTHEEL UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EXCLUDING THE BOOTHEEL UNTIL MIDNIGHT.  LARGER
CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE FARMINGTON...WEST PLAINS...AND
POPLAR BLUFF.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE
WATCH AREA.

RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND STAY TUNED TO
LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS.

 IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID
WINDOWS.

GLASS

MOZ062-065-061-063-064-ILZ100-102-101-270145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
742 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE BI-STATE AREA...

AT 740 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
FRANKLIN COUNTY MISSOURI.  THE LATEST WEATHER DATA SUGGESTS THAT STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN MISSOURI AND
SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA...BETWEEN NOW AND
9 PM THIS EVENING.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS UNTIL MIDNIGHT.  PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE THREAT OF ~SEVERE
WEATHER....AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.

TRUETT