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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 2003, 11:57 PM CDT for Iron County, Madison 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2003, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2003, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:51 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 298 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
- 2153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KLSX 150513 FFWLSX MOC093-123-151000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1157 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 500 AM CDT * AT 1157 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALEM MISSOURI EAST ACROSS IRON AND MADISON COUNTIEES TO A POINT ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FREDERICKTOWN. THUNDERSTORMS ROLLED EAST ACROSS THE AREA ABOUT MID EVENING... AND ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS HAS REDEVELOPED OVER THE SAME AREA SINCE ABOUT 1030 PM. LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER TWO INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND AS ONE STORM FOLLOWS ANOTHER YOU CAN EXPECT LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO REACH AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES. EXPECT VERY SHARP RISES IN THE BIG CREEK...MARBLE CREEK...ST. FRANCOIS AND OTHER RIVER AND CREEK BASINS AND TRIBUTARIES...AS WELL AS LOW WATER BRIDGES AND OTHER FAVORABLE AREAS. * FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF ANNAPOLIS...SABULA...GLOVER...BEULAH... MARQUAND...AND OTHER RURAL COMMUNITIES AND AREAS ACROSS SOUTHERN IRON AND MADISON COUNTIES. 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 14, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Pike, Ralls | 36 min |
| May 14, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 39 min |
| May 14, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 56 min |
| May 14, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway | 44 min |
| May 14, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 57 min |
| May 14, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron | 44 min |
| May 14, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 23 min |
| May 14, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 23 min |
| May 14, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 33 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.