Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 1993, 5:49 PM CDT for Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1993, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1993, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 192251 FFWSTL MOC221-200045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 549 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 545 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR COURTIS...40 MILES EAST OF ROLLA. RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITHIN A 1 HOUR PERIOD IN THAT AREA. RADAR INDICATED THAT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. TUCKER b
What 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 19, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
MOZALL-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 330 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR FAIRMONT...OR ABOUT 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA...WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN IN PLACES. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE HEADLIGHTS WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
MOZALL-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 330 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR FAIRMONT...OR ABOUT 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA...WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN IN PLACES. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE HEADLIGHTS WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
MOZ018-192215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 411 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY...MISSOURI... AT 410 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR ANTHONIES MILL...45 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROLLA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY BETWEEN 410 AND 445 PM. THE STORM WILL PASS NEAR RICHWOODS BETWEEN 430 AND 440 PM. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TUCKER
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
MOZ018-192215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 411 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY...MISSOURI... AT 410 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR ANTHONIES MILL...45 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROLLA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY BETWEEN 410 AND 445 PM. THE STORM WILL PASS NEAR RICHWOODS BETWEEN 430 AND 440 PM. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TUCKER
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:21 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
MOZ012-192330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 521 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH JEFFERSON COUNTY MISSOURI... AT 512 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH GUSTY WIND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILLSBORO...30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST LOUIS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY BETWEEN 525 AND 555 PM. THE STORM WILL AFFECT EPEVELY AREA BETWEEN 530 AND 545 PM. TUCKER
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:23 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
MOZ012-192330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 521 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH JEFFERSON COUNTY MISSOURI... AT 512 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH GUSTY WIND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILLSBORO...30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST LOUIS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH CAN $BE EXPECTED IN EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY BETWEEN 525 AND 555 PM. THE STORM WILL AFFECT EPEVELY AREA BETWEEN 530 AND 545 PM. TUCKER
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.