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June 2007 ArchivesA Flash Flood Watch is in effect until 7:00 Thursday evening in anticipation of another round (or two) of heavy rain and thunderstorms. These storms have been slow movers over the last few days and even though some of the area has seen little rain, other spots have already measured over 2 inches. The National Weather Service issues a Flash Flood Watch when they expect forecast rain to cause area streams, creeks and low lying/f... Hi everybody -- Matt here in the 4Warn Weather Center, counting down the last few hours of Spring. In fact, by the time many of you read this, summer will have already arrived. The summer solstice occurs today (June 21, 2007) at precisely 1:06 PM local time. First of all, what is a solstice, and secondly, how could we possibly know that it occurs at such a specific time? The word solstice has Latin o... This was the third warmest spring on record for Missouri and the fourth warmest for Illinois. Averaged out across the entire United States it was the fifth warmest Spring, so we aren't alone when it comes to the warmth. Spring is considered March through May for climate records, and below you can see the statewide ranks across the US.
We're forecasting an orange air quality day for Wednesday, which means the low level ozone amounts will be high enough that adults and children sensitive to air quality will want to take caution. The 4Warn weather center is where these forecasts originate. We input data from our own forecast like tempe...
It's Steve here in the weather center...and with severe storms possible later this week I wondered how many of you know that the national weather service broadcasts weather information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? And if you purchase a special radio it will beep in the middle of the night to warn you of incoming severe weather. We usually refer to it as NOAA weather radio (NOAA is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the ... What an age in which we live! Not only do we have a man-made marvel of scientific ingenuity in orbit right now around our home planet, but we also have the ability to accurately predict when that home-spun "satellite" will be visible in our local sky!
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