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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 10, 2003Audrain County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2003, 11:15 AM CDT for Audrain 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
May 10, 2003, 11:15 AM CDT (16:15 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2003, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Audrain County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 290 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2003-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2003-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KLSX 101612
FFWLSX
MOC007-101915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1115 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 1109 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN
  IMPASSIBLE DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.

* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE       
  AFFECTING LADDONIA...RUSH HILL...FARBER AND BENTON CITY.

IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IMMINENT...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER
GROUND. NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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.

$$

SD

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain42 min
May 9, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve42 min
May 9, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike, Ralls49 min
May 9, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Lewis37 min
May 9, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis44 min
May 10, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Montgomery, Warren41 min
May 10, 3:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone63 min
May 10, 3:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Boone4 hr
May 10, 5:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Pike, Ralls52 min
May 10, 6:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXPike4 hr
May 10, 8:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles48 min
May 10, 8:19 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis41 min
May 10, 8:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis47 min
May 10, 10:47 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXCrawford43 min
May 10, 11:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles3 hr
May 10, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis49 min
May 10, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXKnox51 min
May 10, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXShelby39 min
May 10, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMonroe40 min
May 10, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBoone, Moniteau48 min
May 10, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXKnox, Lewis31 min
May 10, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXLewis, Marion43 min
May 10, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXShelby41 min
May 10, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford37 min
May 10, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMarion, Monroe, Ralls47 min
May 10, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXLewis47 min
May 10, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone61 min
May 10, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin66 min
May 10, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMarion52 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.