Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 1996, 8:48 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1996, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1996, 11:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1172 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 673 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 150151 FFWSTL MOC099-187-186-150545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 848 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...JEFFERSON COUNTY...NORTHERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY ...ST. GENEVIEVE COUNTY NOTE...THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 845 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER EXTREME EASTERN MISSOURI...FROM NEAR HOUSE SPRINGS TO NEAR WEINGARTEN. THE STORMS IN THIS AREA WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH...WHICH WAS ALLOWING SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN TO PASS OVER THE SAME AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THIS AREA SINCE 730 PM. HOWEVER...TOTAL RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY SO FAR THIS EVENING HAVE BEEN MUCH HIGHER...IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. SOME WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN NECESSARY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY THIS EVENING BECAUSE OF THESE EXCESSIVE RAINS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE OR WALK INTO FLOOD WATER. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL STREAM OR OTHER LOW LYING FLOOD- PRONE AREA...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY. YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT. TRUETT/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, May 14, 7:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
MOZ009-010-018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>050-150230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 736 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #368 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 368 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SCOTLAND...CLARK...KNOX...LEWIS...SHELBY...MARION...MONROE... RALLS...PIKE...AUDRAIN...BOONE...CALLAWAY...MONITEAU...COLE ...AND OSAGE COUNTIES IN MISSOURI. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS LESSENED FOR THE TIME BEING. THERE IS HOWEVER STILL A POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LATE TONIGHT. KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. PEDIGO
Special weather statement, May 14, 7:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MOZ009-010-018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>050-150230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 736 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #368 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 368 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SCOTLAND...CLARK...KNOX...LEWIS...SHELBY...MARION...MONROE... RALLS...PIKE...AUDRAIN...BOONE...CALLAWAY...MONITEAU...COLE ...AND OSAGE COUNTIES IN MISSOURI. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS LESSENED FOR THE TIME BEING. THERE IS HOWEVER STILL A POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LATE TONIGHT. KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. PEDIGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin | 59 min |
| May 14, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 59 min |
| May 14, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 40 min |
| May 14, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson | 31 min |
| May 14, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson | 31 min |
| May 14, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 39 min |
| May 14, 8:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 4 hr |
| May 14, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.