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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2002, 1:21 AM CDT for 7 counties in Missouri; Randolph County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 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 13, 2002, 1:21 AM CDT (06:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2002, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Randolph County, IL, Crawford County, MO, Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:21 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 317 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KLSX 130621 FFWSTL ILC157-MOC055-093-123-179-186-187-221-131215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 120 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 715 AM CDT * BETWEEN 1 AND 115 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUED TO REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... ALTHOUGH WATER LEVELS IN SOME AREAS WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. IN MADISON COUNTY...ONE WATER RESCUE WAS IN PROGRESS...AND SOME EVACUATIONS WERE OCCURRING AROUND MARQUAND. THE MISSOURI WATER PATROL WAS ALSO IN IRON COUNTY...ASSISTING IN RESCUE EFFORTS. IN REYNOLDS COUNTY...HIGHWAY 21 AT LESTERVILLE WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. IN ADDITION...ALL LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE AREA WERE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. * FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE CENTERVILLE...ELLINGTON...IRONTON...FREDERICKTOWN... STE GENEVIEVE....FARMINGTON...POTOSI...STEELVILLE...AND CHESTER AREAS. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT RAINFALL SHOULD BE TAPERING OFF CONSIDERABLY BETWEEN 130 AND 230 AM...WHICH WILL ALLOW THE FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE FURTHER. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 58 min | |
| May 12, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 41 min | |
| May 12, 7:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford, Iron, Madison, Reynolds, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 12, 8:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 12, 9:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson and 8 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2002Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002
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.