Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2003, 6:31 AM CDT for Pike County, Missouri; Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 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, 6:31 AM CDT (11:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2003, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pike County, IL, Pike County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:31 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KLSX 101138 FFWLSX ILC149-MOC163-101530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 631 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1030 AM CDT ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM THIS MORNING... * AT 631 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN EAST TO WEST BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST NORTH OF COLUMBIA EAST THROUGH MEXICO TO NEAR PITTSFIELD. COPIOUS RAINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. LOOK FOR 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING THROUGH PORTIONS OF THESE TWO COUNTIES INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF LOUISIANA AND BOWLING GREEN IN MISSOURI AND AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF PITTFSFIELD IN ILLINOIS. SOME STORMS COULD ALSO BE SEVERE AND PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IMMINENT...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. EXPECT VERY SHARP RISES IN ALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS DITCHES AND LOW WATER AND RUNOFF AREAS. $$ PEDIGO
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLSX 101301 FFSLSX ILC149-MOC163-101530- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 738 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PIKE COUNTY IN MISSOURI AND PIKE COUNTY IN ILLINOIS UNTIL 1030 AM CDT... AT 738 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT PIKE COUNTY IN MISSOURI. HIGHWAY 61...THE MAIN NORTH TO SOUTH HIGHWAY THROUGH THE COUNTY...IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. IN PIKE COUNTY ILLINOIS HIGHWAY 100 IS CLOSED AND MANY ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ARE COMPLETELY WASHED OUT. SEVERAL PERSONS ARE STRANDED IN VEHICLES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WITH EMERGENCY CREWS RESPONDING. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 3 TO POSSIBLY 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN ILLINOIS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL BETWEEN NOW AND 1000 AM THIS MORNING. THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CREATE MAJOR FLOODING OF STREAMS AND RIVERS...WASH OUT ROADS...AND FLOOD AREAS THAT USUALLY DO NOT FLOOD. TAKE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT WALK OR DRIVE INTO FLOWING WATER OF ANY SORT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS MORNING. YOU COULD ENTER AN AREA THAT HAS WASHED OUT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. $$ PEDIGO
000 WGUS73 KLSX 101430 FFSLSX ILC149-MOC163-101530- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 924 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PIKE COUNTY IN MISSOURI AND PIKE COUNTY ILLINOIS UNTIL 1030 AM CDT... AT 924 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT BOTH COUNTIES. NEARLY ALL ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. IN MISSOURI BOTH HIGHWAY 61...THE MAJOR HIGHWAY THROUGH THE COUNTY...AND HIGHWAY 79 ARE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC AS WELL AS MOST OTHER ROADS. IN ILLINOIS ALL ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ARE CLOSED. HIGHWAY 100 HAS BEEN WASHED OUT BY PEARL. THE SHERIFF SAYS HE CANNOT EVEN GET OUT TO CHECK ON ANYTHING. DO NOT TRAVEL OR WALK THROUGH FLOWING WATER THIS MORNING. REMAIN ON HIGH GROUND IN YOUR LOCATION UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED IT IS SAFE TO DO SO BY YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. BE ALERT $$ PEDIGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain | 42 min |
| May 9, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 42 min |
| May 9, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike, Ralls | 49 min |
| May 9, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis | 37 min |
| May 9, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis | 44 min |
| May 10, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Warren | 41 min |
| May 10, 3:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone | 63 min |
| May 10, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone | 4 hr |
| May 10, 5:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Pike, Ralls | 52 min |
| May 10, 8:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 48 min |
| May 10, 8:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 41 min |
| May 10, 8:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 47 min |
| May 10, 10:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford | 43 min |
| May 10, 11:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles | 3 hr |
| May 10, 11:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Audrain | 3 hr |
| May 10, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 49 min |
| May 10, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Knox | 51 min |
| May 10, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Shelby | 39 min |
| May 10, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 40 min |
| May 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Boone, Moniteau | 48 min |
| May 10, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis | 31 min |
| May 10, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion | 43 min |
| May 10, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Shelby | 41 min |
| May 10, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 37 min |
| May 10, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion, Monroe, Ralls | 47 min |
| May 10, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lewis | 47 min |
| May 10, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone | 61 min |
| May 10, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 66 min |
| May 10, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 52 min |
| May 9, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Macoupin | 48 min |
| May 9, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 33 min |
| May 9, 8:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 4 hr |
| May 9, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 33 min |
| May 9, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 28 min |
| May 9, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 32 min |
| May 9, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 43 min |
| May 9, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 49 min |
| May 9, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 27 min |
| May 9, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 33 min |
| May 9, 11:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 3 hr |
| May 10, 6:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Pike | 50 min |
| May 10, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 28 min |
| May 10, 8:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 24 min |
| May 10, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 29 min |
| May 10, 8:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 34 min |
| May 10, 9:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Greene | 4 hr |
| May 10, 9:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Madison | 27 min |
| May 10, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 30 min |
| May 10, 11:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 52 min |
| May 10, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton | 45 min |
| May 10, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams | 39 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2003Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 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.