Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

Jun 10, 2003, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)

Expired

Jun 10, 2003, 10:30 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS St. Louis, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Madison County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO, Franklin County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Warren County, MO

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS53 KLSX 102331
FFWLSX
ILC119-163-MOC071-183-189-219-510-110330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
627 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT
  HAD PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN
  AREA.  RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...WHICH
  SPOTTERS REPORT HAVE RESULTED IN NUMEROUS STREET FLOODS.  THESE 
  VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCTING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO EXPAND 
  SOUTHEASTWARD.

* RAIN WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING.  
  FLOODING...AT LOCALIZED SITES...CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE 
  WARNING AREA.

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

$$

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000 
WGUS73 KLSX 110136
FFSLSX
ILC119-163-MOC071-183-189-219-510-110330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
830 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. CLAIR...MADISON...
ST. LOUIS CITY...ST. LOUIS...ST. CHARLES AND WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 
1030 PM CDT...

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF 
RAINFALL HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE 
INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR IN WARREN...ST CHARLES...ST LOUIS AND MADISON 
COUNTIES...WITH OTHER SMALLER POCKETS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING IN 
ST CLAIR COUNTY NEAR SMITHTON AS WELL AS IN THE CITY OF ST LOUIS.

THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF FLOODING IN FRANKLIN COUNTY...AND WITH 
LESSER AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL INDICATED BY RADAR...THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. AVOID BRIDGES...DIPS...
OR OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...AND NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS
WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT
TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER
SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

$$

TES

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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.