Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 1993, 10:25 PM CDT for Dent County, Phelps County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1993, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1993, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dent County, MO, Phelps County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 1744 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 290327 FFWSTL MOC161-065-290630- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1025 PM CDT MON JUN 28 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...PHELPS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI ...DENT COUNTY AT 1020 PM...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE DEVELOPING OVER DENT COUNTY AND UP INTO THE ROLLA/VICHY AREA. ONE TO TWO INCH RAINFALL TOTALS PER HOUR WERE BEING REPORTED...WITH AS MUCH AS FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE IN PHELPS COUNTY DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS. AS THESE STORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST...ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THE DENT COUNTY SHERIFF HAS ALREADY REPORTED TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH SOME PONDING. 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. 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. SHEA/FERRY
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 28, 9:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
MOZ011-012-017-018-021-022-ILZ011-290315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 906 PM CDT MON JUN 28 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI HAS EXPIRED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EXPIRED AT 900 PM AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED. ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI WHERE RAINFALL FROM PREVIOUS STORMS HAS ALREADY SATURATED THE GROUND AND AREA DRAINAGE. IF YOU LIVE IN EASTERN MISSOURI...REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING AND STAY INDOORS WHEN STORMS APPROACH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SHEA
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
MOZ011-012-017-018-021-022-ILZ011-290315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 906 PM CDT MON JUN 28 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI HAS EXPIRED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EXPIRED AT 900 PM AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED. ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI WHERE RAINFALL FROM PREVIOUS STORMS HAS ALREADY SATURATED THE GROUND AND AREA DRAINAGE. IF YOU LIVE IN EASTERN MISSOURI...REMAIN ALEVRT FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING AND STAY INDOORS WHEN STORMS APPROACH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SHEA
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:30 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-011-013-014-290330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 930 PM CDT MON JUN 28 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR OSAGE COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING WEST OF JEFFERSON CITY... AT 925 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM 5 MILES TO 30 MILES WEST OF JEFFERSON CITY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THIS AREA WAS BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND TIPTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...DEADLY LIGHTNING ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT 920 PM THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IN OSAGE COUNTY REPORTED THAT THE RAIN HAD ENDED...AND THE FLOOD WATERS FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING WERE RECEDING. THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDEVELOP IN THAT AREA LATER TONIGHT...AND WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS FLASH FLOODING COULD RE-OCCURR. LA GREE
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:34 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-011-013-014-290330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 930 PM CDT MON JUN 28 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR OSAGE COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING WEST OF JEFFERSON CITY... AT 925 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM 5 MILES TO 30 MILES WEST OF JEFFERSON CITY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THIS AREA WAS BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND TIPTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...DEADLY LIGHTNING ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT 920 PM THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IN OSAGE COUNTY REPORTED THAT THE RAIN HAD ENDED...AND THE FLOOD WATERS FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING WERE RECEDING. THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDEVELOP IN THAT AREA LATER TONIGHT...AND WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS FLASH FLOODING COULD RE-OCCURR. LA GREE
Local storm report, Jun 28, 10:10 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1010 PM CDT MON JUN 28 1993
...PRELIMINARY REPORTS FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF JUNE 28 1993...
TIME (CDT) LOCATION
UNKNOWN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG THE BOND-MADISON
COUNTY LINE IN ILLINOIS.
UNKNOWN TREE DOWN IN GREENVILLE...BOND COUNTY IL
215-230 PM (APPROX) TREES AND A SEVERAL POWER POLES DOWNED IN
IN VANDALIA...FAYETTE COUNTY IL
300 PM DIME-SIZED HAIL 4 W OF MONTROSS..EFFINGHAM COUNTY IL
320 PM TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED NEAR ST CHARLES
AIRPORT...ST CHARLES COUNTY MO
UNKNOWN BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AT ST ROSE...NORTHWEST
CLINTON COUNTY IL
335 PM TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN IN GRANITE CITY...MADISON
COUNTY IL
357 PM GRANITE CITY REPORTED 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN 15
MINUTES...NUMEROUS LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWNED...
MADISON COUNTY IL
405 PM 1 INCH HAIL AT KELL...SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IL
422 PM DIME SIZED HAIL AT CENTRALIA AIRPORT...
MARION COUNTY IL
423 PM 1 3/4 INCH HAIL DAMAGING CARS AT CENTRALIA...
MARION COUNTY IL
430-500 PM (APPROX) LARGE BRANCHES DOWNED AND A CHURCH ROOF DAMAGED AT
HOFFMAN...CLINTON COUNTY IL
430 PM (APPROX) TREES DOWNED IN MONTAUK STATE PARK...SOUTHERN
DENT COUNTY MO
430-500 PM (APPROX) POWER LINES AND TREES DOWNED SOUTH OF SALEM...
DENT COUNTY MO
435 PM NICKEL SIZED HAIL 6-8 MILES EAST OF CENTRALIA...
MARION COUNTY IL
442 PM DIME SIZED HAIL NEAR IUKA...EASTERN MARION COUNTY IL
500 PM (APPROX) DIME SIZED HAIL AT WILLOT AND CARRINGTON IN
ST PETERS...ST CHARLES COUNTY MO
515 PM DIME SIZED HAIL AT HARVERSTER...ST CHARLES COUNTY MO
520-530 PM (APPROX) LARGE TREE BLOWN ONTO HOUSE TRAILER IN
CHESTERFIELD..TRAPPING WOMAN INSIDE. ST LOUIS COUNTY
526 PM HIGH WINDS PRODUCING DAMAGE ALONG HIGHWAY 40 NEAR
SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS AIRPORT...ST LOUIS COUNTY
533 PM DIME SIZED HAIL AT CHESTERFIELD...
ST LOUIS COUNTY
545 PM (APPROX) NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN
CHESTERFIELD...ST LOUIS COUNTY
553 PM TREES DOWNED IN MARTHASVILLE...WARREN COUNTY MO
600 PM A COUNTY ROAD FLOODED BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND
UNION...FRANKLIN COUNTY MO
607 PM QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN CHESTERFIELD...
ST LOUIS COUNTY
617-623 PM DIME SIZED HAIL AT HARVERSTER...ST CHARLES COUNTY
620 PM HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF LEMONS REPORTED AT
CHESTERFIELD...ST LOUIS COUNTY
625 PM FLAT CREEK FLOODING AT UNION IN SOME AREAS
BY 20-30 FEET...FOOT BRIDGE WASHED OUT.
FRANKLIN COUNTY MO
629 PM FLASH FLOODING CAUSING EVACUATION OF NORWOOD
TRAILER PARK...SOUTH SIDE OF WASHINGTON IN
FRANKLIN COUNTY MO
630-700 PM CLARKSON RD IN CHESTERFIELD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING..
ST LOUIS COUNTY
UNKNOWN NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS IN
NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY MO
700-710 PM 56 MPH WINDS AT WATERLOO...MONROE COUNTY IL
730 PM HELICOPTER BEING USED TO RESCUE MOTORISTS STRANDED
BY FLOODING IN CHESTERFIELD...ST LOUIS COUNTY
755 PM POWER LINES AND TREES DOWNED IN STE GENEVIEVE
...STE GENEVIEVE COUNTY MO
IN ADDITION...THERE WERE ...NUMEROUS... REPORTS OF PEA-SIZED HAIL
THROUGHOUT THE AREA...AS WELL AS SEVERAL UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF
FUNNEL CLOUDS.
TRUETTLocal storm report, Jun 28, 10:10 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1010 PM CDT MON JUN 28 1993
...PRELIMINARY REPORTS FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF JUNE 28 1993...
TIME (CDT) LOCATION
UNKNOWN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG THE BOND-MADISON
COUNTY LINE IN ILLINOIS.
UNKNOWN TREE DOWN IN GREENVILLE...BOND COUNTY IL
215-230 PM (APPROX) TREES AND A SEVERAL POWER POLES DOWNED IN
IN VANDALIA...FAYETTE COUNTY IL
300 PM DIME-SIZED HAIL 4 W OF MONTROSS..EFFINGHAM COUNTY IL
320 PM TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED NEAR ST CHARLES
AIRPORT...ST CHARLES COUNTY MO
UNKNOWN BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AT ST ROSE...NORTHWEST
CLINTON COUNTY IL
335 PM TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN IN GRANITE CITY...MADISON
COUNTY IL
357 PM GRANITE CITY REPORTED 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN 15
MINUTES...NUMEROUS LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWNED...
MADISON COUNTY IL
405 PM 1 INCH HAIL AT KELL...SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IL
422 PM DIME SIZED HAIL AT CENTRALIA AIRPORT...
MARION COUNTY IL
423 PM 1 3/4 INCH HAIL DAMAGING CARS AT CENTRALIA...
MARION COUNTY IL
430-500 PM (APPROX) LARGE BRANCHES DOWNED AND A CHURCH ROOF DAMAGED AT
HOFFMAN...CLINTON COUNTY IL
430 PM (APPROX) TREES DOWNED IN MONTAUK STATE PARK...SOUTHERN
DENT COUNTY MO
430-500 PM (APPROX) POWER LINES AND TREES DOWNED SOUTH OF SALEM...
DENT COUNTY MO
435 PM NICKEL SIZED HAIL 6-8 MILES EAST OF CENTRALIA...
MARION COUNTY IL
442 PM DIME SIZED HAIL NEAR IUKA...EASTERN MARION COUNTY IL
500 PM (APPROX) DIME SIZED HAIL AT WILLOT AND CARRINGTON IN
ST PETERS...ST CHARLES COUNTY MO
515 PM DIME SIZED HAIL AT HARVERSTER...ST CHARLES COUNTY MO
520-530 PM (APPROX) LARGE TREE BLOWN ONTO HOUSE TRAILER IN
CHESTERFIELD..TRAPPING WOMAN INSIDE. ST LOUIS COUNTY
526 PM HIGH WINDS PRODUCING DAMAGE ALONG HIGHWAY 40 NEAR
SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS AIRPORT...ST LOUIS COUNTY
533 PM DIME SIZED HAIL AT CHESTERFIELD...
ST LOUIS COUNTY
545 PM (APPROX) NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN
CHESTERFIELD...ST LOUIS COUNTY
553 PM TREES DOWNED IN MARTHASVILLE...WARREN COUNTY MO
600 PM A COUNTY ROAD FLOODED BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND
UNION...FRANKLIN COUNTY MO
607 PM QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN CHESTERFIELD...
ST LOUIS COUNTY
617-623 PM DIME SIZED HAIL AT HARVERSTER...ST CHARLES COUNTY
620 PM HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF LEMONS REPORTED AT
CHESTERFIELD...ST LOUIS COUNTY
625 PM FLAT CREEK FLOODING AT UNION IN SOME AREAS
BY 20-30 FEET...FOOT BRIDGE WASHED OUT.
FRANKLIN COUNTY MO
629 PM FLASH FLOODING CAUSING EVACUATION OF NORWOOD
TRAILER PARK...SOUTH SIDE OF WASHINGTON IN
FRANKLIN COUNTY MO
630-700 PM CLARKSON RD IN CHESTERFIELD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING..
ST LOUIS COUNTY
UNKNOWN NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS IN
NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY MO
700-710 PM 56 MPH WINDS AT WATERLOO...MONROE COUNTY IL
730 PM HELICOPTER BEING USED TO RESCUE MOTORISTS STRANDED
BY FLOODING IN CHESTERFIELD...ST LOUIS COUNTY
755 PM POWER LINES AND TREES DOWNED IN STE GENEVIEVE
...STE GENEVIEVE COUNTY MO
IN ADDITION...THERE WERE ...NUMEROUS... REPORTS OF PEA-SIZED HAIL
THROUGHOUT THE AREA...AS WELL AS SEVERAL UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF
FUNNEL CLOUDS.
TRUETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 42 min |
| Jun 28, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Perry | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 4:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 76 min |
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.