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We are in storm alert this afternoon.
We're going to take a shot
at look at some video here
we shot earlier this morning.
This is I64 in downtown St. Lou.
Most of the area saw heavy rainl
and storms that triggered flood,
slowing down that morning commu.
Thanks so much for being here.
I'm Kay Quinn.
And I'm Brent Solomon.
The weather is pretty calm right now,
but another round of potential storms
and flooding expected tonight.
We have team coverage for you this afternoon.
Meteorologist Tracy Henson
has a look at the storms that
already hit earlier today. But
first, let's go to Chief
Meteorologist Scott Connell.
He's here with a look ahead at
our weather first forecast. Sco.
Well, OK, we are expecting an ae
evening weather wise around the.
Louis area. We continue in Storm Alert
this evening as we're anticipatg
more thunderstorms developing.
Probably after 7:00 or 8:00 o'clock tonight.
A look outside right now,
mostly cloudy skies.
Occasionally there's been a little sunshine.
Temperatures have popped back
up to around 80 degrees.
That's an important key is to
we head into the evening hours,
not a whole lot on the radar
locally right now.
Couple of scattered showers to N
Then we look back to the northw.
We are starting to see some
thunderstorms developing now in
northern and North Central portions of
Missouri back out towards Kansas City.
This will be the area we'll monr
as we head through the evening hours.
81 in Saint Louis,
but draw your attention into
southwest Missouri, back into Kansas.
107 right now in Wichita,
96 in Springfield,
all that hot humid air down to e
South and West tries to run up r
the cooler air that's in place .
The expectation is we'll be
creating an area of showers and
thunderstorms that could produce
some severe weather this evenin.
And then later tonight we'll see
continuation of the strong thunderstorms
with the potential for heavy rainfall.
So our flooding threat at this
point highlighted right around e
Saint Louis area as the main fo.
And so that's going to be a focl
point as we head through this evening.
Flooding concerns are definitely going up.
Rounds of heavy rain and storms.
In some cases,
the heavy rain over the same sps
repeatedly and then late evening
after 7:00 or 8:00,
o'clock we could have some
strong storms before midnight.
All right.
Thank you, Scott.
Our team coverage continues with
meteorologist Tracy Hinson.
She's been keeping track
of storm reports. Tracy.
OK, so I've also included a
couple pictures from our weather
watcher community on Facebook.
If you're not a part of it,
we would love to have you join us there.
You can join in the conversation. So Bibosh,
he sent this one in from Lake St. Louis.
This is a composite of multiple lightning
strikes that came through last night.
And Dennis Hall,
from about 3:30 in the morning,
all the way through late about 5:00 AM,
he picked up about 4 1/2 inches
of rainfall in Rosebud, MO.
This is one of those areas thatw
significant flooding last night.
And Lois,
she was near Owensville this morning.
And you can see the sun's up.
So this is past sunrise time he.
So probably right around 6:00 Au
can see the water and the and te
parking lot here completely flod
out and moving pretty fast ther.
You can see a couple white
caps on that water.
So the Doppler radar here shows we're
going to let it loop around and show you
that system as it came in last night.
At a certain point,
if those,
if you were up and watching it,
this really put on a show last night.
There were over 1000 strikes
of lightning in the Hermann to
Gasconade area right at around
1:00 in the morning last night.
So it really put on a show for .
Rainfall estimates here.
So you can see where it targete.
It's almost like turning the hon
and then just not stopping some areas.
This is a radar estimate pickedp
anywhere from three to five inc.
Some of those storm reports youn
see all compiled over here towas
Gasconade and Franklin counties.
I'll go over those reports
in detail coming up at 5:00.
O'clock.
All right, Tracy,
we'll be looking forward to it.
Our wonder by the way,
we're hit the hardest this
morning and that includes,
as Tracy mentioned, Gasconade County.
Right now Highway K is back
open just north of Hwy. 50.
Heavy rain caused flooding ther.
At least 4 to 6 inches of rain l
this morning popping your sight.
Mark Maxwell spent the day in the Gasconade.
Look for his reports coming
up at 5:00 and 6:00.
A warning for drivers.
Be cautious on the roads as we anticipate
another round of severe weather.
Slick roads caused 2 semi
trucks to roll over overnight.
That's right, having your size.
Justina Cornell joins us live
right now near I64IN St. Louis.
What can you tell us, Justina?
Hey and brand. So drivers on
the highway need to be careful,
especially when it rains.
Until drivers, we really need to slow down.
Now. Earlier this morning,
there were two different
tractor trailer crashes.
There was one in Pevely where a
man sustained serious injuries
after he traveled off Interstate
55 going airborne onto Route Z n
another in South Saint Louis Co.
A driver suffered minor injuries after
he ran off 255, overturning the truck.
Earlier today I spoke to the
executive Director of the
Illinois Trucking Association.
He recommends for drivers to gie
space to these truckers until
they need room to slow down.
In dry conditions, it can take
as long as a football field.
In wet conditions,
it can take two or three footbal
fields in order for that truck o
stop this full of all of your s.
And so we just remind especialle
the the automobile drivers out there,
give trucks plenty of room.
Give them plenty of space.
We're doing the best job that
we can to safely deliver over
70% of the nation's freight.
I'm going to
keep in mind, I'm told there are
four no zone areas around a tru,
so one on each side and
especially on the right side.
I'm told there's a pretty big blind spot.
So something to keep in mind if
you're out on the road reporting live.
Justina Cornell, 5 on your side.
All right, thank you, Justina.
Right now, the St.
Louis County Emergency Operatios
Center is partially activated de
to the potential for severe wea.
Later tonight,
the Office of Emergency Emergeny
Management will monitor road conditions,
potential power outages and other conditions,
the staff encouraging people to
stay indoors and avoid travel.
If you must be on the roads and
encounter flooded roadways toni,
remember turn around.
Don't drown.
It only takes about 6 inches toa
foot of water to sweep away a c.
All right, let's go ahead and
get a live look now at the
Missouri Botanical Garden.
That's where the last Whitaker
Music Festival of this season
was supposed to happen tonight.
But due to that expected weathe,
the event is now canceled.
The festival will return next summer.
Remember, you can get the weathr
first forecast anytime on your
phone if you text the word WEATR
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Officers blocked access to the
underground tunnels leading
into the office buildings,
but so far police have not found
any evidence suggesting that the
was a shooter in that building.
This afternoon, St.
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who is killed after being hit by an SUV.
It happened early this morning at the
intersection of Natural Bridge d
Arlington Ave. in north St. Lou.
Police say the man was taken to
the hospital, where he later di.
The driver stayed at the scene.
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