Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 1993, 11:57 AM CDT for Saint Charles County, Missouri. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1993, 11:57 AM CDT (16:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1993, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saint Charles County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 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 051703 FFWSTL MOC183-060100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1157 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...NORTHERN ST CHARLES COUNTY AT 1147 AM...SEMA COORDINATOR FROM ST. CHARLES COUNTY RELAYED INFORMATION TO THE NWS THAT THE FLOODING IN NORTHERN ST. CHARLES COUNTY WAS INCREASING. COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING THE EVACUATION OF HOMES ALONG THE FOLLOWING ROADS...COOPER LANE...IFFRIG ROAD...SILVERS ROAD ...SALT RIVER ROAD...AND HIGHWAY C SOUTH OF DARDENE LEVEE BREACH. THE FLOODING AREA IS NORTH OF THE OLD TOWN ST. PETERS AREA. THIS WARNING IS AN UPDATE TO THE WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE DARDENE LEVEE BREACH ISSUED AROUND 5 AM THIS MONDAY MORNING. 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 GROUND. EHG/GT
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 5, 9:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
MOZ002-003-005-006-008-009-013-015-051400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 915 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 200 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI...EXCEPT FOR THE EXTREME NORTHWEST TIP OF MISSOURI. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE KANSAS CITY... SEDALIA...BUTLER...KIRKSVILLE...MACON AND MILAN. RADAR WAS INDICATING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST MISSOURI INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS...IN THE VICINITY OF TOPEKA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST INTO MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS WELL AS DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. RESIDENTS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA SOURTCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GKS
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 9:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
MOZ002-003-005-006-008-009-013-015-051400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
915 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 200 PM...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI...EXCEPT FOR THE EXTREME NORTHWEST
TIP OF MISSOURI. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE KANSAS CITY...
SEDALIA...BUTLER...KIRKSVILLE...MACON AND MILAN. RADAR WAS INDICATING
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST MISSOURI INTO NORTHEAST
KANSAS...IN THE VICINITY OF TOPEKA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
EAST INTO MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS WELL AS
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
RESIDENTS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK
SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WE{ATHER APPROACHES. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA SOURTCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
GKSSpecial weather statement, Jul 5, 11:32 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
MOZALL-051730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1132 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 596 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 2 PM... AT 1125 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV BROADCASTS FOR LATER STATEMENTS. GOETSCH
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 11:35 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
MOZALL-051730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1132 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 596 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 2 PM... AT 1125 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM. STAY TUNED $TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV BROADCASTS FOR LATER STATEMENTS. GOETSCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 4 hr |
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.