Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

Jun 24, 2000, 9:00 AM CDT (14:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 2000, 1:00 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS St. Louis, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Clinton County, IL, Marion County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Warren County, MO

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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ILC027-121-163-189-MOC113-139-183-189-219-510-241800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
900 AM CDT SAT JUN 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 855 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS REPORTED THAT
FLOODING PROBLEMS WERE CONTINUING FROM LAST NIGHTS TORRENTIAL RAINS.

IN CLINTON COUNTY ILLINOIS...FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT HIGHWAY 50
NEAR HUEY, AND ALONG PARTS OF ROUTE 161.

IN MARION...ST CLAIR...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...SEVERAL
ROADS WERE STILL CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

IN LINCOLN COUNTY MISSOURI...SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE
FLOODED...AND A RAPID RISE IS EXPECTED ALONG THE QUIVRE RIVER.

IN ST CHARLES COUNTY...EVACUATIONS WERE OCCURING AT SOME TRAILERS IN
THE DARDENNE LAKES AREA...AND SEVERAL ROADS WERE CLOSED BY HIGH
WATER.  DARDENNE CREEK WAS FLOODING IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.

IN ST LOUIS CITY AND COUNTY....SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER.

IN WARREN AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...SEVERAL CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE
OUT OF THEIR BANKS...INCLUDING THE LOUTRE RIVER OVERTOPPING A BRIDGE
ON HIGHWAY J.

* FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING...DUE TO A COMBINATION OF RUNOFF FROM LAST NIGHTS RAIN...AS
WELL AS ADDITIONAL DOWNPOURS THAT WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING.  PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE AREA ARE URGED TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT OR EMERGENCY MANAGERS IF EVACUATIONS ARE REQUESTED.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES!! IF YOUR VEHICLE
STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
REMEMBER...NO TRIP IS WORTH YOUR LIFE!!!

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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.