1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 345 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001 SHRP RDG CONTINUES FM ERN TX NWD WITH WIDE TROPICAL PLUME ROTATING AROUND EDGE FM ROCKIES INTO S.D. THEN BACK SEWD THRU MO/IL. PRECIPTL H20 NR 2 INCHES TDA WITH VRY UNSTABLE AMD OVR WRN HLF MO. TOYED HEAVILY WITH ISSUING FFA BUT STILL UNSURE WHERE IT WILL END UP. EARLY PCPN NOW THRU MKC-COU-WPS BUT MORE THAN ONE MCS COULD RAKE THRU AREA THRU FCST PD AND LOCATION VERY UNSURE. MENTIONED LCLLY HVY RAIN IN SVRL ZONES...PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT GOT LOTS OF RAIN EARLIER TODAY. HAV EXTENDED PCPN THRU SAT NIGHT AS PERSISTANT RDG WILL HOLD THRU THE WEEKEND. WENT WITH SUBSTANTIALLY HIER POPS THAN GUIDANCE IN ALL PERIODS AND LOWERD TEMPS A CATEGORY OR TWO ESPECIALLY NR MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .STL...NONE. PEDIGO
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:36 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flooding across parts of Boone County. Several roads and streets has to be closed across the southwest part of Columbia. Flooding was also reported north of McBaine.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, July 2001
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