article_snippet.sent: Lightning, floods and a deluge of hailstones descended on St Louis Tuesday as powerful storms pummeled the mid-United States.
article_snippet.sent: Roads around the Missouri city were flooded in the intense downpour, with one town recording more than two inches of rain in half an hour.
article_snippet.sent: Muds and floods: Roads around St Louis, Missouri, were deluged with rainwater following fierce thunderstorms .
article_snippet.sent: The severe weather in Missouri produced reports of more than 3 inches of rainfall near Augusta west of St. Louis, National Weather Service meteorologist Laura Kanofsky said.
article_snippet.sent: Areas of flash flooding were commonplace throughout St. Louis County before the band of severe weather crept out of the region before noon Tuesday, National Weather Service meteorologist Laura Kanofsky added.
article_snippet.sent: Wet n wild: Flash flooding tore through St. Louis County after hours of storms.
article_snippet.sent: In some palces, two inches of rain hit in just half an hour .
highlights_snippet.sent: St Louis was hit Tuesday by flash floods .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: A nearby town had more than two inches of rain in less than half an hour .