Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 1993, 8:22 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1993, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1993, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 297 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 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 200124 FFWSTL ILC013-061-MOC113-200430- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 822 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS ...NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY...GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...LINCOLN COUNTY AT 820 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER THE BI-STATE AREA...FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS...JUST NORTH OF WINFIELD...TO 40 MILES NORTH OF ST LOUIS NEAR GREENFIELD. THESE STORMS HAVE MOVED VERY LITTLE SINCE 7 PM...AND WERE BEGINNING TO PRODUCE FLOODING PROBLEMS. IN GREENE COUNTY ILLINOIS...HIGHWAY 108 HAS WATER OVER THE ROAD JUST EAST OF CARROLLTON...WHILE THE CALHOUN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED MOST DITCHES IN NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY RUNNING FULL...AND WATER WAS OVER MANY ROADS. IN LINCOLN COUNTY MISSOURI...ONE REPORT INDICATED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN ELSBERRY TODAY....AND STREETS IN THE TOWN WERE FLOODED. WHILE THE RAINFALL OVER THESE AREAS MAY BEGIN TO TAPER OFF OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...SERIOUS FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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. TRUETT &
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, 4:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 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, 4 hours 10 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, 3 hours 1 minute 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, 2 hours 59 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, 6:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
MOZ007-011-200045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 646 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE BI-STATE AREA... AT 645 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE BI-STATE AREA. THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS...NEAR ELSBERRY...TO ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS...NEAR TROY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS PUSHING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE PASSING THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHEAST PIKE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES IN MISSOURI...AND ACROSS CALHOUN AND GREENE COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...BETWEEN 645 AND 745 PM THIS EVENING. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS...AND RADAR INDICATES WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. TRUETT &
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
MOZ007-011-200045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 646 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE BI-STATE AREA... AT 645 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE BI-STATE AREA. THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS...NEAR ELSBERRY...TO ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS...NEAR TROY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS PUSHING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE PASSING THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHEAST PIKE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES IN MISSOURI...AND ACROSS CALHOUN AND GREENE COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...BETWEEN 645 AND 745 PM THIS EVENING. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS...AND RADAR INDICATES WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. TRUETT &
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 11:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.