Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS St. Louis, MO

MOZ068-180305-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI
803 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS HEADING FOR HICKORY COUNTY...

AT 8PM A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SPRINGFIELD...OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HERMITAGE NEAR JERICO SPRINGS.

THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF EXTREMELY STRONG WINDS AND MAY HAVE
PRODUCED A SHORT-LIVED TORNADO AS IT MOVED THROUGH BARTON COUNTY IN
EXTREME WESTERN MISSOURI.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

IT SHOULD REACH THE POMME DE TERRE LAKE AREA IN SOUTHERN HICKORY COUNTY
BY 9PM.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO...NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN IT IN A CAR.  CARS ARE
EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO 4WINDS.

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.

REAUGH

MOZ069-180345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI
842 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995

..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADING FOR CAMDEN COUNTY...

AT 840PM THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM 35
MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA TO 30 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...OR ROUGHLY
FROM WARSAW TO BOLIVAR.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS SHOULD REACH THE WESTERN BORDER OF CAMDEN COUNTY BY
910PM...AND CAMDENTON BY 945PM.

THE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF EXTREMELY STRONG WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO...NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN IT IN A CAR.  CARS ARE
EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

REAUGH

MOZ057-180335-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI
934 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADING FOR MILLER COUNTY...

AT 933PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES TO 65
MILES SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY...OR FROM HIGH POINT TO MACKS CREEK.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL REACH OSAGE BEACH BY 945PM AND TUSCUMBIA BY 1010PM.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU OBSERVE FLASH
FLOODING MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE!

REAUGH

MOZ058-070-180430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI
1029 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADING INTO PULASKI AND MARIES COUNTIES...

AT 1025PM THE LEADING EDGE OF A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES EAST OF JEFFERSON CITY...TO 45 MILES WEST OF
ROLLA NEAR MONTREAL.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH MARIES AND PULASKI COUNTIES BETWEEN 1030PM
AND 1130PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. ANY ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL ONLY SERVE TO AGGRAVATE CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT
IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BBE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

REAUGH