Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

May 25, 2004, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)

Expired

May 25, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS St. Louis, MO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, MO

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KLSX 252203
FFWLSX
MOC099-260100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
458 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 458 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN AND AROUND EUREKA
SOUTH TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DESOTO.  EARLIER HEAVY RAINS HAVE
DUMPED LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY.  THIS STORM WILL RESULT
IN LOCAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF FOUR INCHES OR MORE. 

* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE   
ESPECIALLY AFFECTING CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY FROM RICHWOODS TO 
FESTUS.  THE RAIN WILL FALL SO QUICKLY THAT MANY ROADS AND STREETS
WILL BE INCAPABLE OF HANDLING THE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN. FLOODING
WILL BE EMINENT.  BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL

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.

LAT...LON 3823 9077 3802 9062 3819 9034 3847 9030
          3849 9065

$$
PEDIGO

000 
WGUS73 KLSX 260005
FFSLSX
MOC099-260200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
659 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL
800 PM CDT...

AT 659 PM CDT...A SERIES OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES
TO STRADDLE THE COUNTY FROM EAST TO WEST.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NARROW AREA FROM JUST NORTH OF FESTUS WEST
THROUGH HILLSBORO HAS RECEIVED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN.  

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 900 PM THIS
EVENING. ANOTHER QUARTER TO HALF INCH TO LOCALLY AN INCH OF RAIN
MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE. 

NIGHTTIME WILL COME ALONG SHORTLY. AREAS THAT ARE STILL FLOODED
CAN BECOME INVISIBLE AT NIGHT SO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL. KEEP ABREAST
OF LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH THE EVENING.

$$
PEDIGO

000 
WGUS73 KLSX 260101
FFSLSX
MOC099-260130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
756 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH
PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

SCATTERED SHOWERS STILL REMAIN AND A FEW MORE SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI.  THIS MEANS MORE 
UNSETTLED ACTIVITY MAY STILL OCCUR...BUT THIS PRECIPITATION SHOULD 
BE SCATTERED AND TOO LIGHT TO CREATE ANY ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT 
RUNOFF THIS EVENING.

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE SUBSIDED...MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THROUGH AREAS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED 
FLOODING DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. ROADS AND BRIDGES MAY HAVE BEEN 
DAMAGED BY RAPIDLY FLOWING FLOOD WATERS.

$$
PEDIGO

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.