Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 1993, 9:16 PM CDT for Phelps County, Missouri. It was in force for 119 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1993, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1993, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Phelps County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 2289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 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 030220 FFWSTL MOC161-030415- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 916 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...PHELPS COUNTY AT 912 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF PHELPS COUNTY MISSOURI. IN ADDITION...OTHER STRONG STORMS OVER PULASKI COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ROLLA WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF PHELPS COUNTY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING POSSIBLE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3 INCHES IN ONE HOUR FROM SOME STORMS. 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 WATETRS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. EHG/JP/RP
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, Jul 2, 5:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
ILZ011-012-013-022330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 533 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 AT 530 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE AREA OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES EAST OF ST. LOUIS TO SALEM ILLNOIS...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR SALEM ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHEAST MADISON COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF HIGHLAND. MANY OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RP
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
ILZ011-012-013-022330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 533 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 AT 530 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE AREA OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES EAST OF ST. LOUIS TO SALEM ILLNOIS...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR SALEM ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHEAST MADISON COU4NTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF HIGHLAND. MANY OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RP
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
MOZ-013-014-022345-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
550 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT...
... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT...
AT 550 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ROLLA WEST THROUGH
THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. THE
STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 40 MILES WEST OF ROLLA OR ABOUT 10 MILES
EAST OF LINN AND WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL.
FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF FLOODING THREATENS...
FIRST SEEK HIGHER GROUND THEN REPORT THE FLOODING TO THE NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
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MOZ-013-014-022345-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
550 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT...
... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT...
AT 550 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ROLLA WEST THROUGH
THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. THE
STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 40 MILES WEST OF ROLLA OR ABOUT 10 MILES
EAST OF LINN AND WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL.
FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF FLOODING THREATENS...
FIRST SEEK HIGHER GROUND THEN REPORT THE FLOODING TO THE NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
KENNEDYSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
MOZALL-030045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 642 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 11 PM... AT 635 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL SECTIONS OF MISSOURI. LITTLE CHANGE HAS OCCURRED IN THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER...THEREFORE THE WATCH WILL CONTINUE FOR THE AREA UNTIL 11 PM. KANSAS CITY...ST. LOUIS...COLUMBIA...AND SPRINGFIELD REMAIN IN THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV BROADCASTS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS. GOETSCH
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 6:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
MOZALL-030045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 642 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 11 PM... AT 635 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL SECTIONS OF MISSOURI. LITTLE CHANGE HAS OCCURRED IN THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER...THEREFORE THE WATCH WILL CONTINUE FOR THE AREA UNTIL 11 PM. KANSAS CITY...ST. LOUIS...COLUMBIA...AND SPRINGFIELD REMAIN IN THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV BROADCASTS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS. GOETSCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 10:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 36 min |
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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.