Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2004, 7:06 PM CDT for Saint Charles County, Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 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, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2004, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties City of Saint Louis, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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, 7:40 PM CDT | FLOOD | Hazelwood, MO | ALONG LINDBERGH...MOTORIST RESCUED FROM CAR. WATER WAS OVER HEADLIGHTS. |
| May 27, 7:50 PM CDT | FLOOD | Brentwood, MO | HIGHWAY 170 AND 40 FLOODED IN BRENTWOOD. 18 INCHES OF WATER ON ROADWAY...PORTION OF HIGHWAY CLOSED. |
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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.4
- Supercell composite
- -3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KLSX 280012
FFWLSX
MOC183-189-510-280400-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
706 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 706 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN AND AROUND SOUTHEAST ST
CHARLES COUNTY AND NORTHEAST ST LOUIS COUNTY
* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...AFFECTING
NEW MELLE...AUGUSTA...DARENNE PRAIRIE...WELDON SPRING...CREVE
COEUR...CLAYTON AND ST LOUIS CITY.
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.
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.
LAT...LON 3850 9045 3847 9073 3861 9073 3853 9097
3886 9095 3892 9068 3885 9059 3897 9043
3885 9012 3873 9020 3862 9017 3858 9023
3840 9030
$$
DUMMER1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KLSX 280331
FFSLSX
MOC183-189-510-280400-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1030 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. LOUIS CITY...ST.
LOUIS AND ST. CHARLES COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...
THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OF THURSDAY EVENING PRODUCED BETWEEN 1 AND
3 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE ST. LOUIS METRO AREA INLESS THAN AN
HOURS TIME.
BETWEEN 10 AND 1015 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THE FOLLOWING...
IN ST. CHARLES COUNTY...WASHEON ROAD IN ORCHARD FARM WAS FLOODED.
IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY...NUMEROUS ROADS WERE STILL CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING AND SCORES OF ROADS HAVE STANDING WATER...BUT REMAIN
PASSABLE. HERE IS A PARTIAL LIST OF CLOSED ROADS...
JENNINGS ROAD IN NORTH COUNTY
MEREMAC BOTTOM ROAD
HIGHWAY 141 BETWEEN LADUE AND HIGHWAY 40
MEREMAC STATION
SMIZER MILL ROAD...IN ARNOLD
HORAN ROAD
MISSOURI BOTTOM ROAD...IN HAZELWOOD
KIEFER CREEK ROAD...IN ELLISVILLE
PRICHARD FARM ROAD
IN ST. LOUIS CITY...THOLOZAN ROAD AND KINGS HIGHWAY WAS CLOSED.
MANY OTHER ROADS WERE PASSABLE...BUT HAD STANDING WATER ON THEM.
DUE TO THE POOR DRAINAGE IN MANY LOCATIONS OF THE METRO AREA...FLOOD
WATERS WILL ONLY SLOWLY RECEDE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. AVOID BRIDGES...DIPS...
OR OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...AND NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS
WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT
TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER
SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
$$
PEDIGO/TRUETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Louis | 45 min |
| May 27, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson | 37 min |
| May 27, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson | 46 min |
| May 27, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | City of Saint Louis | 28 min |
| May 27, 7:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 4 hr |
| May 27, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 28 min |
| May 27, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 39 min |
| May 27, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 53 min |
| May 27, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 38 min |
| May 27, 11:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.