Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2004, 1:52 PM CDT for Adams County, Brown County, Pike County, Illinois; Marion County, Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri. 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2004, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2004, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Pike County, IL, Marion County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 1166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 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 251858
FFWLSX
ILC001-009-149-MOC127-163-173-252245-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
152 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 152 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OVER THE
SOUTHERN PART OF QUNICY ON A.J. PETERS DRIVE.
* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE
AFFECTING QUINCY..PAYSON..PLAINVILLE..HULL..GRIGGSVILLE..
FRANKFORD..NEW CATON..NEW LONDON AND ASHBURN.
* DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF
THIS AREA SINCE 8 AM CDT.
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 3973 9135 3998 9153 4024 9152 4024 9094
4015 9095 4002 9056 3954 9058 3943 9064
3932 9079 3934 9134 3933 9174 3971 9175
$$
DUMMER/RP2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLSX 252213 FFSLSX ILC001-009-149-MOC163-173-252245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 509 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PIKE...BROWN...AND ADAMS IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHERN PIKE AND RALLS COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 445 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ON STATE HIGHWAY 94 2 MILES SOUTH OF GOLDEN IN ADAMS COUNTY. THE PALOMA VIADUCT ON US HIGHWAY 24 NORTH OF QUINCY HAS REOPENED. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. AVOID BRIDGES...DIPS... OR OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...AND NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ WDB
000 WGUS73 KLSX 252246 FFSLSX ILC001-009-149-MOC163-173-260045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 545 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PIKE...BROWN...ADAMS IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHERN PIKE AND RALLS COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI HAS EXPIRED... WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINSHOWERS CONTINUE OVER EASTERN PIKE AND SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTIES...AND ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE SUBSIDED...MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THROUGH AREAS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED FLOODING. ROADS AND BRIDGES MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY RAPIDLY FLOWING FLOOD WATERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WHICH AFFECTS THE AREA WILL FALL ON SATURATED GROUND AND WOULD LIKELY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ WDB
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 22 min |
| Aug 25, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Saint Clair | 39 min |
| Aug 25, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Montgomery | 49 min |
| Aug 25, 3:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 4 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 3:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Audrain | 4 hr |
| Aug 25, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 34 min |
| Aug 25, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Shelby | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Aug 25, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 47 min |
Nearby
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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.