Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2003, 9:54 PM CDT for Clark County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2003, 9:54 PM CDT (02:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2003, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Clark County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 628 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KDVN 060254
FFWDVN
MOC045-060800-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
954 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT
* AT 949 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CLARK
COUNTY.
* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTERS ESTIMATE THAT
BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER NORTHERN CLARK
COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS AND
RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. HEAVY RAIN MAY
ALSO FLOOD ROADWAYS AND OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY
BE TOO DEEP TO CROSS SAFELY OR THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT. VEHICLES
CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS AND FLOOD PRONE LOW LYING
AREAS. MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4037 9147 4026 9152 4027 9194 4061 9194
4060 9175
$$
WOLF2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KDVN 060356 FFSDVN MOC045-060800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1056 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 1048 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF CLARK COUNTY...BUT THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING PERSISTS. THIS THREAT IS A RESULT OF A RADAR ESTIMATED AND SPOTTER VERIFIED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WHICH FELL IN IN NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY... PLUS EVEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS WHICH FELL UPSTREAM IN SOUTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM VAN BUREN COUNTY WILL BE TRAVEL DOWNSTREAM THROUGH CLARK COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO CROSS SAFELY OR THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS AND FLOOD PRONE LOW LYING AREAS. $$ WOLF
000 WGUS73 KDVN 060621 FFSDVN IAC111-177-ILC067-MOC045-060715- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 116 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR VAN BUREN...LEE...CLARK AND HANCOCK COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELED... THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS MAY STILL BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN IOWA...WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST INTO THE AREA AFTER 4:00 AM. THIS LINE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH AND TORRENTAIL RAIN...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS RAIN WOULD BE FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND...THUS INCREASING THE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. BE SURE TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clark | 66 min |
| Jul 5, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scotland | 62 min |
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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.