Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 1990, 11:15 AM CDT for Monroe County, Randolph County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1990, 11:15 AM CDT (16:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1990, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Monroe County, IL, Randolph County, IL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -506 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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ILC005-027-145-189-013-083-119-133-163-MOC071-113-183-189-510-219-
062300-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1115 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
...BOND...CLINTON...PERRY...WASHINGTON
IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
...CALHOUN...JERSEY...MADISON...MONROE...RANDOLPH...
ST CLAIR
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
...FRANKLIN...JEFFERSON...LINCOLN...ST CHARLES...ST LOUIS
...ST LOUIS CITY...WARREN
TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE ST LOUIS
METROPOLITAN AREA SINCE 7 AM THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST
ILLIINOIS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUNDG.
EISEWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
MOZALL-061330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 935 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE NORTH HALF OF MISSOURI UNTIL NOON CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 925 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL WERE OCCURRING FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI TO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THIS AREA EXTENDED FRON NEAR COLUMBIA MISSOURI TO JUST NORTHEAST OF ALTON ILLINOIS. THE STRONGER STORM WERE NEAR WASHINGTON ANF UNION MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN HAIL AND STRONG WIND MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. SOME FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN LOW LYING AREAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-061550- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 950 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990 ...WATCHES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOODS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING... AT 945 AM THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 50 MILE WIDE BAND RUNNING ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 40 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA AND OVER COLUMBIA...AS WELL AS OSAGE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WITH DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE PREVALENT. STAY INSIDE A CAR OR BUILDING IF YOU HEAR THUNDER TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION INCLUDING WARNINGS. GET INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR WHERE YOU ARE. GOEBEL
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
MOZALL-061330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 935 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990 THE PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 397 WHICH INCLUDES THE EXTREME NORTHWEST SECTIONS INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS HAS BEE TERMINATED. A FLASH FLOOD IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON. WS
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 10:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MOZ011-012-061530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1005 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING... AT 1005 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED... ...IN SOUTH ST LOUIS COUNTY... ...NEAR PACIFIC MISSOURI OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST LOUIS... ...NEAR ROSEBUD OR ABOUT 60 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ST LOUIS... FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS AND PEA-SIZED HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. EISE
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 10:42 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
MOZALL-061330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1035 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE NORTH HALF OF MISSOURI UNTIL NOON CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 1025 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL WERE OCCURRING FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI TO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THIS AREA EXTENDED FRON NEAR ROLLA MISSOURI TO NEAR VANDALIA ILLINOIS. THE STRONGER STORM WERE NEAR COLUMBIA...ROSEBUD AND JUST SOUTH OF ST LOUIS MISSOURI. IN ILLINOIS STRONG STORMS WERE NEAR VANDALIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN HAIL AND STRONG WIND MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. SOME FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN LOW LYING AREAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 11:13 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-011-013-014-061700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1110 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 11 AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 40 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA TO THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER BOONE COUNTY. STRONG WINDS...INCESSANT LIGHTNING AND SOME HAIL WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH DOWNPOURS THAT WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN BOONE OR CALLAWAY COUNTY STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DIMINISH OVER MID-MISSOURI SHORTLY AFTER NOON...BUT MORE STORMS ARE LIKELY LATER TODAY. STAY INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING IN YOUR AREA. AFTER THE STORMS HAVE PASSED...FLOWING STREAMS WILL STILL BE A DANGER AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER< RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. GOEBEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 11:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Clinton, Perry, Washington | 7 hr |
| Jun 6, 11:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Bond | 7 hr |
| Jun 6, 11:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 11:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 3 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.