Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2004, 5:44 PM CDT for Monroe County, Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri; Calhoun County, Greene County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2004, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2004, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Pike County, IL, Monroe County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 6:05 PM CDT | FLOOD | Center, MO | 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER ON HWY 19 |
| May 27, 6:25 PM CDT | FLOOD | Carrollton, IL | 3.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL LAST 3 HOURS. |
| May 27, 6:35 PM CDT | FLOOD | Bowling Green, MO | ONE FOOT WATER OVER BUSINESS 61 AND ROUTE Y. SEVERAL OTHER ROADS FLOODED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 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
- 577 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KLSX 272246
FFWLSX
ILC013-061-149-MOC137-163-173-280245-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
544 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 544 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN AN EAST-WEST LINE
FROM WEST OF PARIS MISSOURI...TO NEAR CARROLLTON ILLINOIS. 1 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS SINCE 230 PM. WHILE
THE HEAVY RAIN WILL TAPER OFF IN THE PARIS AREA SHORTLY...IT
WILL PERSIST IN THE BOWLING GREEN...KAMPSVILLE..AND CARROLLTON
AREAS THROUGH 7 PM. HIGHWAY 267 IN GREENE COUNTY IS IN THE
PROCESS OF BEING CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE
AFFECTING PARIS...BOWLING GREEN...PERRY...NEW LONDON...
KAMPSVILLE...AND CARROLLTON. IN ADDITION...THIS WARNING
INCLUDES THE MARK TWAIN LAKE RECREATIONAL AREA. THOSE CAMPING
NEAR SMALL STREAMS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE. WATER
LEVELS MAY RISE RAPIDLY WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
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.
DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM CREEKS AND STORM DRAINS.
GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN TURN INTO A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF
MINUTES.
LAT...LON 3952 9015 3919 9017 3924 9119 3916 9123
3917 9144 3936 9149 3936 9195 3939 9195
3937 9233 3963 9229 3968 9131 3955 9060
$$
TRUETT/DUMMER3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLSX 272302 FFSLSX ILC013-061-149-MOC137-163-173-272330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 600 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 ...SERIOUS FLOODING OCCURRING IN THE PARIS AREA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN...GREENE...SOUTHERN PIKE...PIKE...MONROE AND RALLS COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 550 PM CDT...SERIOUS FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE PARIS AREA...WITH 2 FEET OF WATER NOW COVERING MAIN STREET. RADAR DOES INDICATE THAT THE HEAVY RAIN IS NOW TAPERING OFF AROUND PARIS. HOWEVER...RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR ALSO INDICATE THAT EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN AND OTHER SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS MAY EXIST FROM THE PARIS AREA...THROUGH MARK TWAIN LAKE...PERRY...AND BOWLING GREEN...TO NEAR CARROLLTON. ONCE AGAIN...CAMPERS IN THE MARK TWAIN LAKE RECREATIONAL AREA ARE URGED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE. IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS COVERED BY THIS MORNING...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ TRUETT
000 WGUS73 KLSX 272304 CCA FFSLSX ILC013-061-149-MOC137-163-173-272330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 600 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 ...SERIOUS FLOODING OCCURRING IN THE PARIS AREA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN...GREENE...SOUTHERN PIKE...PIKE...MONROE AND RALLS COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 550 PM CDT...SERIOUS FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE PARIS AREA...WITH 2 FEET OF WATER NOW COVERING MAIN STREET. RADAR DOES INDICATE THAT THE HEAVY RAIN IS NOW TAPERING OFF AROUND PARIS. HOWEVER...RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR ALSO INDICATE THAT EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN AND OTHER SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS MAY EXIST FROM THE PARIS AREA...THROUGH MARK TWAIN LAKE...PERRY...AND BOWLING GREEN...TO NEAR CARROLLTON. ONCE AGAIN...CAMPERS IN THE MARK TWAIN LAKE RECREATIONAL AREA ARE URGED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE. IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS COVERED BY THIS WARNING...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ TRUETT
000 WGUS73 KLSX 280224 FFSLSX ILC013-061-149-MOC137-163-173-280245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 920 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CALHOUN...GREENE...AND SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...AND PIKE...MONROE AND RALLS COUNTIES IN MISSOURI...UNTIL 945 PM CDT... THE HEAVY RAINS OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN PARIS...IN MONROE COUNTY. BETWEEN 9 AND 915 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THE FOLLOWING... IN RALLS COUNTY...ROUTE F OFF OF ROUTE 19...WAS FLOODED IN NUMEROUS PLACES WITH AROUND 1 FOOT OF WATER...AND HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR 3 TO 4 HOURS. IN PIKE COUNTY MISSOURI...SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS WERE CLOSED...AND WASHOUTS WERE REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 280 AND HIGHWAY 482. APPROACHES TO A REPLACEMENT BRIDGE ON NORY CREEK WERE WASHED OUT ON HIGHWAY 54 AT 8 PM. THIS IS ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISIANA. BRIDGE WAS ALSO PARTIALLY WASHED OUT ON COUNTY ROAD 292. IN CALHOUN COUNTY...STANDING WATER WAS REPORTED ON MANY ROADS...BUT NONE WERE CLOSED. IN GREENE COUNTY...WATER WAS REPORTED ON SEVERAL ROADS...BUT NONE WERE CLOSED. THE HEAVIEST RAINS ENDED OVER THIS AREA BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM...SO ANY LINGERING FLOOD WATERS SHOULD BE RECEDING FAIRLY RAPIDLY. UNTIL THEN...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. AVOID BRIDGES...DIPS... OR OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...AND NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. CAMPERS IN THE MARK TWAIN LAKE RECREATIONAL AREA SHOULD NOT RETURN TO THEIR CAMPING AREAS UNTIL IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. $$ TRUETT/DUMMER/PEDIGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis | 44 min |
| May 26, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 58 min |
| May 26, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Francois | 61 min |
| May 26, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 64 min |
| May 27, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 52 min |
| May 27, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 48 min |
| May 27, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 33 min |
| May 27, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Shelby | 62 min |
| May 27, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone | 67 min |
| May 27, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike, Ralls | 50 min |
| May 27, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 15 min |
| May 27, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Montgomery | 41 min |
| May 27, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 51 min |
| May 27, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Warren | 51 min |
| May 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Warren | 44 min |
| May 27, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 50 min |
| May 27, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 46 min |
| May 26, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Saint Clair | 61 min |
| May 26, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 34 min |
| May 26, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 65 min |
| May 26, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph, Washington | 33 min |
| May 27, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Madison, Montgomery | 57 min |
| May 27, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 52 min |
| May 27, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 47 min |
| May 27, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 45 min |
| May 27, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey | 35 min |
| May 27, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 41 min |
| May 27, 5:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 5 hr |
| May 27, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey | 47 min |
| May 27, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 52 min |
| May 27, 6:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Jersey | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2004Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.