Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 2002, 12:53 AM CDT for Audrain County, Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri. 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 7, 2002, 12:53 AM CDT (05:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2002, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 2395 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1012 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KLSX 070553 FFWSTL MOC007-019-027-071145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1248 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 645 AM CDT * AT 1248 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN AND AROUND COLUMBIA AND ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 TOWARD MEXICO MISSOURI. * FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE AFFECTING MUCH OF ALL THREE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF COLUMBIA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALLRADY FALLEN AND ANOTHER 2 INCHES IS LIKELY TO FALL BETWEEN NOW AND 3 AM. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IMMINENT...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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. PEDIGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 41 min | |
| May 6, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 41 min | |
| May 6, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 45 min | |
| May 7, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 64 min | |
| May 7, 12:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway | 62 min |
| May 7, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 41 min | |
| May 7, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 22 min | |
| May 7, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 41 min | |
| May 7, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 28 min | |
| May 7, 2:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery | 5 hr |
| May 7, 2:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 51 min |
| May 7, 2:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 52 min |
| May 7, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 60 min | |
| May 7, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 34 min | |
| May 7, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 27 min | |
| May 7, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 33 min | |
| May 7, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 52 min | |
| May 7, 3:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 44 min | |
| May 7, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 41 min | |
| May 7, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Warren | 6 hr |
| May 7, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 43 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.