Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 1993, 1:25 PM CDT for Adams County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1993, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1993, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, IL, Pike County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 366 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
- 725 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1229 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 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 251830 FFWSTL ILC001-149-252330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 125 PM CDT SUN JUL 25 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY INFORMATION FROM THE STATE POLICE FOR PIKE COUNTY ILLINOIS INDICATED THAT A LEVEE HAD BROKEN 2 MILES NORTH OF EAST HANNIBAL. THE CITIES OF FALL CREEK...HULL...AND EAST HANNIBAL WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS BREAK. EVACUATIONS OF THESE CITIES HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. AT 105 PM...THE MARION COUNTY MISSOURI SHERIFF RELAYED INFORMATION THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD BEEN RESCUED FROM TREE TOPS VIA HELICOPTER. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RxISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. EHG/DF &
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 25, 9:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
MOZ011-012-ILZ009-251500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 900 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 855 AM CDT...RADAR INIDCATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 45 MILES EAST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS OR JUST NORTH WEST OF WINFIELD MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NORTH WEST OF WINFIELD TO NORTH OF WINCHESTER ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BY 10 AM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF GREENE AND JERSEY COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS. PEOPLE IN THE WINFIELD MISSOURI AREA AND THILLINOIS TOWNS OF KAMPSVILLE...PEARL...ALSEY...HARDIN...CARROLLTON AND WHITE HALL CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. FERRY
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 9:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
MOZ011-012-ILZ009-251500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 900 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 855 AM CDT...RADAR INIDCATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 45 MILES EAST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS OR JUST NORTH WEST OF WINFIELD MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NORTH WEST OF WINFIELD TO NORTH OF WINCHESTER ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BY 10 AM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF GREENE AND JERSEY COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS. PEOPLE IN THE WINFIELD MISSOURI AREA AND THILLINOIS TOWNS OF KAMPSVILLE...PEARL...ALSEY...HARDIN...CARROLLTON AND WHITE HALL CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. FERRY
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 9:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
MOZ011-012-251530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 927 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA... AT 920 AM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF ST LOUIS NEAR WINFIELD MISSOURI THROUGH 50 MILES WEST OF ST LOUIS OVER SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN LINCOLN...WARREN AND ST CHARLES COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 AM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. FERRY
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 9:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
MOZ011-012-251530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 927 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA... AT 920 AM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF ST LOUIS NEAR WINFIELD MISSOURI THROUGH 50 MILES WEST OF ST LOUIS OVER SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN LINCOLN...WARREN AND ST CHARLES COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 AM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. FERRY
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 10:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
MOZ012-ILZ011-251645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1044 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA... AT 1035 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF ST LOUIS...OR JUST WEST OF ALTON ILLINOIS TO 25 MILES WEST OF ST LOUIS...JUST NORTHWEST OF EUREKA MISSOURI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE CITY OF ST LOUIS AND THE ILLINOIS CITIES OF GRANITE CITY...EWARDSVILLE...LIVINGSTON AND STAUNTON BY 1130 AM. BRIEF DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUST OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON AREA ROADS AND WILL ALSO CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO RISE QUICKLY. MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS. FERRY
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 10:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
MOZ012-ILZ011-251645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1044 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA... AT 1035 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF ST LOUIS...OR JUST WEST OF ALTON ILLINOIS TO 25 MILES WEST OF ST LOUIS...JUST NORTHWEST OF EUREKA MISSOURI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE CITY OF ST LOUIS AND THE ILLINOIS CITIES OF GRANITE CITY...EWARDSVILLE...LIVINGSTON AND STAUNTON BY 1130 AM. BRIEF DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUST OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND :ON AREA ROADS AND WILL ALSO CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO RISE QUICKLY. MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS. FERRY
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.