Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2003, 8:18 PM CDT for Audrain County, Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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
- Jun 25, 2003, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2003, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Audrain County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 843 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KLSX 260121 FFWLSX MOC007-163-173-260715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 818 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * AT 818 PM CDT...THE RALLS...AUDRAIN...AND PIKE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICES REPORTED WATER COVERING NUMEROUS ROADWAYS ACROSS THE AREA. * FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE AFFECTING AREAS AROUND LADDONIA...FARBER...VANDALIA... CURRYVILLE...PERRY...AND CENTER. 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. $$ CARNEY/BECHTOLD
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLSX 260445 FFSLSX MOC007-163-173-260715- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1145 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AUDRAIN...PIKE AND RALLS COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT... WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS AUDRAIN...PIKE...AND RALLS COUNTIES. MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE AREA...HOWEVER THERE ARE STILL A FEW POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN WHICH ARE MOVING THROUGH ALL THREE COUNTIES. PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES FROM THE ST LOUIS DOPPLER RADAR ARE SHOWING MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF PIKE AND RALLS COUNTIES IN THE PAST 8 HOURS. THE RAIN WHICH HAS ALREADY FALLEN WILL CONTINUE TO RUN OFF INTO AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS...CAUSING DANGEROUS FLOODING. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN LOW LYING AREAS OR NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS OR WHO WILL BE DRIVING TONIGHT MUST KEEP AN EYE ON WATER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED EACH YEAR FROM DRIVING INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS AND DROWNING IN THEIR CARS THAN FROM TORNADOS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS A LARGE TRUCK OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE OFFERS NO EXTRA PROTECTION FROM FAST MOVING FLOOD WATERS DO NOT BECOME A STATISTIC IF YOU CAR STALLS IN RISING WATER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. ONCE AGAIN...VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ CARNEY
000 WGUS73 KLSX 260724 FFSLSX MOC007-173-260745- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 222 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR AUDRAIN AND RALLS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINS WHICH PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE ENDED. A CHECK WITH SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTS IN BOTH COUNTIES ALSO INDICATED THAT FLOODING WAS NO LONGER A PROBLEM. $$ TRUETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 9:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Boone | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway, Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.