Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Dec 7, 2004, 12:38 AM CST for Warren County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 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
- Dec 7, 2004, 12:38 AM CST (06:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2004, 3:30 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Warren County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 265 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
- 654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 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 070640 FFWLSX MOC219-070930- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1238 AM CST TUE DEC 7 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 330 AM CST * AT 1235 AM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT A NUMBER OF SMALL CREEKS WERE FLOODED ALONG WITH SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS. A CAR WAS STUCK IN A FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSING IN LOST CREEK IN THE PENDLETON AREA. MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND 130 AM THEN SHOULD TAPER TO OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN. * FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STEAMS AND THEIR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 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 3888 9097 3859 9096 3869 9144 3892 9133 $$ FG
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLSX 070835 FFSLSX MOC219-070930- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 228 AM CST TUE DEC 7 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WARREN COUNTY UNTIL 330 AM CST... AT 228 AM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS STILL OCCURRING ON SOME OF THE SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WHICH PROMPTED THE RAPID RUNOFF AND FLOODING HAS ENDED...ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAIN WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WITH THE MODERATE AND HEAVY RAIN NO LONGER OCCURRING...WATER SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE AND CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD COME BACK WITHIN BANKFULL. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS HOWEVER AS THIS MAY TAKE SEVERAL HOURS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH LOW WATER CROSSINGS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. AVOID BRIDGES...DIPS... OR OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...AND NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ FG
000 WGUS73 KLSX 070934 FFSLSX MOC219-071130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 330 AM CST TUE DEC 7 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WARREN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WHICH RESULTED IN FLOODING ENDED SEVERAL HOURS AGO AND HAS MOVED EASTWARD OUT OF THE AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE SUBSIDED...MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THROUGH AREAS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY LOW WATER CROSSINGS. LIGHT RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS WARREN COUNTY DURING THE MORNING HOURS...HOWEVER THE INTENSITY OF THIS SHOULD NOT PROMPT ANY ADDITIONAL FLOODING. IN ADDITION...CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PLAY NEAR RAIN-SWOLLEN STREAMS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES. $$ FG
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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.