St. Louis, MO – Residents across eastern Missouri and southwestern Illinois should prepare for multiple rounds of thunderstorms beginning Tuesday evening, Oct. 13, with damaging winds possible overnight and periods of heavy rainfall continuing through Thursday, Oct. 15.
According to the National Weather Service in St. Louis, thunderstorms will approach from the west after 7 p.m. Tuesday. Some storms could become strong, with isolated severe weather possible. The primary concern is damaging wind gusts reaching 60 mph, while hail up to 1 inch in diameter remains a lesser threat.
Forecasters expect thunderstorms to gradually weaken as they move eastward overnight, although additional rounds of rain are anticipated Wednesday and Thursday…