Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Nov 14, 1993, 2:27 AM CST for Jefferson County, Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 1993, 2:27 AM CST (08:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 1993, 8:30 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jefferson County, MO, Washington County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 694 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 140828 FFWSTL MOC099-221-141430- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 227 AM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...JEFFERSON COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 225 AM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 1/2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN 1100 PM AND 200 AM IN A SWATH ACROSS NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WERE LOCATED NEAR ANTHONIES MILL AND RICHWOODS IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND NEAR DITTMER AND ARNOLD IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS FROM ST LOUIS TO WEST PLAINS...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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. GLASS/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, Nov 13, 11:35 PM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
MOZ053>058-066>115-140640- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1135 PM CST SAT NOV 13 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT... AT 1130 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING ALL BUT NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WERE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 35 MPH. WHILE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS MISSOURI...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING REMAINS HIGH ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL SECTIONS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. GLASS
Special weather statement, Nov 13, 11:37 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
MOZ053>058-066>115-140640- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1135 PM CST SAT NOV 13 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT... AT 1130 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING ALL BUT NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WERE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 35 MPH. WHILE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS MISSOURI...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING REMAINS HIGH ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL SECTIONS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. GLASS
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 12:10 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
MOZ053>058-066>115-140715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1210 AM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 6 AM CST... NWS DOPPLER RADAR AT 1201 AM SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI. SOME STORMS HAVE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THEIR PASSAGE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT OR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FOR TONIGHT. IF ANY OF THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA...MOVE TO SHELTER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. GOETSCH
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 12:10 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
MOZ053>058-066>115-140715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1210 AM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 6 AM CST... NWS DOPPLER RADAR AT 1201 AM SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI. SOME STORMS HAVE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THEIR PASSAGE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT OR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FOR TONIGHT. IF ANY OF THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA...MOVE TO SHELTER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. GOETSCH
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 12:33 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
MOZ072-073-140735- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1233 AM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN MISSOURI... AT 1220 AM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES EAST OF ROLLA...OR JUST EAST OF CHERRYVILLE AND STEELEVILL IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY INTO SOUTH FRANKLIN COUNTY BY 130 AM. THE CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT THE STORM PRODUCED STRONG WINDS WHEN IT MOVED THROUGH STEELEVILLE AND CHERRYVILLE. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST CRAWFORD...NORTHWEST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WHEN THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH. FERRY
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 12:33 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
MOZ072-073-140735- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1233 AM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN MISSOURI... AT 1220 AM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES EAST OF ROLLA...OR JUST EAST OF CHERRYVILLE AND STEELEVILL IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY INTO SOUTH FRANKLIN COUNTY BY 130 AM. THE CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT THE STORM PRODUCED STRONG WINDS WHEN IT MOVED THROUGH STEELEVILLE AND CHERRYVILLE. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST CRAWFORD...NORTHWEST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WHEN THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH. FERRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 12:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 39 min |
| Nov 14, 12:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 49 min |
| Nov 14, 1:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford, Dent, Phelps | 6 hr |
| Nov 14, 4:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Iron, Saint Francois | 5 hr |
| Nov 14, 4:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 5 hr |
| Nov 14, 7:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford, Dent, Phelps | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 7:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Washington | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 7:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Perry | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 7:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Madison | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 8:43 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 10:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Iron, Saint Francois | 4 hr |
| Nov 14, 10:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 4 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Madison, Perry, Sainte Genevieve | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford, Dent, Phelps | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Washington | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 12:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin | 2 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.