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April 2009
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March 2009 ArchivesWe're going to have a rain chance Tuesday morning, then again Thursday and then again Sunday. What's happening is that a pattern of flow is setting up that will drive low pressure rain producing systems from the Northwest down into the Southern Plains states and then East across the Midwest. The first low misses us well to the North tomorrow, but the cold front sweeps in producing rain in the morning. Most of this will be showers t... St. Louis tied a 108-year-old record over the weekend when we received 2.0 inches of snow early Sunday morning. That ties the previous record for March 29 snowfall set in 1901! Total snow accumulations varied around the St. Louis metropolitan area from less than an inch in Festus, to 2.5 inches in Belleville, to more than 3 inches in Valley Park. Bowling Green, MO, takes the gold star this time with 4.5 inches in central Pike ... We're less than a full week into Spring, but a whopper of an early spring storm has fully developed across the middle of the country. Take a look by clicking here. Ahead of this storm, winds could gust into the 40-50 mile-per-hour range. A wind advisory is in effect today until 7 PM. It's time to make sure the patio furniture, the grill, and the trash can are a... Tuesday looks like a wet and windy day. Occasional showers and storms in the morning with non-storm wind gusts throughout the day hitting 35-40 mph or more. The stronger storms arrive in the afternoon and evening, but blow out of the area by 11pm. In the metro these stronger storms should be moving through between 3pm and 8pm, perhaps as a squall line. The main threat is damaging wind gusts, lightning and heavy rain but an isolated tornado ... Okay I know this is off-topic but it's 11:45 on Friday night and I STILL haven't been on the air yet so I'm exercising my right to blog about whatever I want. Many of you know that Supercross is my favorite spetator sport. The best riders in the world are in town this weekend at the Dome and I'm super stoked! This is one of the closest and most exciting series ever and the St. louis round is going to be awesome. Jason Lawrence, one of ... We really hit a home run on St. Patrick's Day this year. The weather could not have been any better. But this evening in the 4 Warn Storm Center Steve Templeton and I have our eyes on a cool front off to our north. Right now there is not much in the way of precipitation associated with this front and as it moves into our area there isn't much moisture for it to work with. So what happens when it arrives in St. Louis Midday on Wednesda...
The National Weather Service has issued an updated flood outlook which is a forecast for what to expect for the next 3 months or so concerning river flooding in our area. This outlook takes into account the snowpack ... While the St. Louis area hasn't seen a ton of rain this March, there's been a lot of heavy rain North of us. That rain is causing the Mississippi to swell. The river levels won't be record setting by an means, but if you have any interests along the Mississippi check out the linke below for the flood details. Here in St. Louis there won't be much impact, though the River will be noticeably high. >> Continue reading: Mississippi River Rising And the numbers keep going up. The latest from the National Weather Service storm damage survey team shows preliminary results of nine tornadoes across our vieweing area from Sunday's storms. The reason the totals continued to rise is because it takes time to drive out and research the damage from the storms. Then after putting together the damage results and talking to witnesses, the weather service team makes their results available. >> Continue reading: Update....Nine Tornadoes Confirmed Another five tornadoes were confirmed by the National Weather Service storm damage survey from Randolph and Washington counties in Illinois. This is still preliminary results, but it brings the total tornadoes from Sunday's storms to seven (1 in Greene county and 1 in Macoupin county in Illinois detailed in the previous blog). Here's the breakdown of the five tornado damage paths just surveyed by the National Weather Service.
I called the weather service this afternoon and the survey team was en route to Randolph county, Illinois to check out more damage. So, it is possible that they confrim another tornado. However, as of 5:00 pm Monday, there's no update. I'll let you know if more tornadoes are co... If you live in Illinois you may hear the tornado sirens go off on Tuesday March 3rd around 10:00 AM. It's only a drill!. This is severe weather awareness week in Illinois and it's a great time to think about your severe weather plan. You hear us mention this every year, but it really helps to know exactly where to go in the case of a severe storm or tornado. The key part is that it helps eliminate the "thinking" part of it... |
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