Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 1997, 7:05 AM CDT for Shelby County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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
- Jun 22, 1997, 7:05 AM CDT (12:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1997, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Shelby County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:09 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 465 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 221206 FFWSTL MOC205-221600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 705 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ...SHELBY COUNTY AT 650 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST FROM WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY SINCE 6 AM AND COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL WILL FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF SHELBY COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY IN MANY STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES...INCLUDING THE SOUTH FABIUS AND NORTH RIVERS. THIS IS AN UNUSUALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. DO NOT BE TEMPTED TO CROSS ANY FLOWING WATER THIS MORNING...IT COULD KILL YOU! MANY TIMES AREAS THAT YOU MIGHT EVEN THINK YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH COULD WASH OUT UNDERNEATH...INVISIBLE TO YOU. DON'T EVEN THINK OF TAKING A CHANCE! FLASH FLOODING IS THE LEADING WEATHER RELATED KILLER ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOWING WATER. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY WHEN FLOODING THREATENS. YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT. PEDIGO
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, Jun 22, 6:30 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ009-010-018-019-026- 027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-221700- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 630 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS TH COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST LOUIS. AREAS INCLUDED ARE PARTS OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT IS REMOTE AT BEST. HOWEVER STORMS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY TODAY HAVE CREATED MAJOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS COULD OCCUR TODAY. INITIAL THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINS APPEARS TO BE FROM EDINA SOUTH TO COLUMBIA AND ON INTO THE OZARKS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI FOR THIS MORNING. KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND POSSIBLE LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS FOR ACTIVITY. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES AND REVISIONS. AT THIS TIME...SKYWARN OPERATIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. PEDIGO
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:39 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ009-010-018-019-026- 027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-221700- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 630 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS TH COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST LOUIS. AREAS INCLUDED ARE PARTS OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT IS REMOTE AT BEST. HOWEVER STORMS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY TODAY HAVE CREATED MAJOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS COULD OCCUR TODAY. INITIAL THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINS APPEARS TO BE FROM EDINA SOUTH TO COLUMBIA AND ON INTO THE OZARKS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI FOR THIS MORNING. KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND POSSIBLE LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS FOR ACTIVITY. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES AND REVISIONS. AT THIS TIME...SKYWARN OPERATIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. PEDIGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade | 68 min |
| Jun 21, 11:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Washington | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Warren | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Audrain | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Monroe, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford, Gasconade | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Boone | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Knox | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997
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.