Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 2002, 9:23 PM CDT for Iron County, Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 19, 2002, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2002, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Iron County, MO, Reynolds County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 3042 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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 200223 FFWSTL MOC093-179-200515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 919 PM CDT MON AUG 19 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NORTHWESTERN REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 1215 AM CDT * SINCE 8 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN ALONG AND JUST WEST OF AN OATES...BIXBY LINE. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATE THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN IN THIS AREA DURING THE LAST HOUR. * FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE AFFECTING AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A OATES...BIXBY LINE. OF SPECIAL CONCERN IS HIGHWAY KK SOUTH OF BIXBY...AND HIGHWAY J WEST OF OATES. 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. THOSE CAMPING NEAR SMALL STREAMS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE. WATER LEVELS MAY RISE RAPIDLY WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING...EVEN IF THE HEAVY RAINS ARE WELL UPSTREAM OF YOUR CAMPSITE. TRUETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 43 min | |
| Aug 19, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 30 min |
| Aug 19, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 51 min | |
| Aug 20, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 43 min | |
| Aug 20, 1:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Osage | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.