Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

Aug 8, 2000, 1:55 AM CDT (06:55 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 2000, 7:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS St. Louis, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Moniteau County, MO

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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MOC019-027-135-081200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
155 AM CDT TUE AUG 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHERN MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 155 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEWLY DEVELOPED
 THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM FULTON WESTWARD TO 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOONVILLE.  HOWEVER...NEW STORMS CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP ON THE WEST END OF THIS LINE AND IT APPEARS THAT RAIN...VERY
HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO DELUGE THE AREA FOR AT LEAST THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT EVEN MORE STORMS
COULD DEVELOP...FURTHER EXASTERBATING THE PROBLEM.

RAINFALL ESTIMATES BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATE AS MUCH AS 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A NARROW
CORRIDOR FROM NEAR CALIFORNIA TO FULTON...AND AS FAR NORTH AS
INTERSTATE 70.

DUE TO THE LENGTH OF TIME THE RAINFALL HAS BEEN FALLING...OVER EIGHT
HOURS...NO DOUBT CREEKS...AND NOW RIVERS...ARE SWOLLEN OR FLOODED
AND THE EARLY MORNING LIGHT WILL FIND A NUMBER OF STREETS AND
SECONDARY ROADS FLOODED AS WELL.

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE NIGHT. IF YOU ARE GETTING OUT TO MAKE AN EARLY START FOR
WORK...BE SURE TO ABSOLUTELY NOT DRIVE IN FLOWING WATER, EVEN IF IT
MEANS YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE AND BE LATE FOR WORK. MANY
PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM SO USE GOOD JUDGEMENT!

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHQT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT
TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

PEDIGO

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.