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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 24, 2004Marion County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2004, 10:35 PM CDT for Marion County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 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
May 24, 2004, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2004, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marion County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 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 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 257 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 150 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
150 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-246 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KLSX 250338
FFWLSX
MOC127-250830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1035 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 1033 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES SINCE
  ABOUT 930 PM.  ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINS MAY TAPER OFF BETWEEN
  11 PM AND 12 MIDNIGHT...RUNOFF FROM THIS EVENINGS RAIN WILL POSE A
  FLASH FLOOD THREAT INTO THE PREDAWN HOURS.

* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE
  AFFECTING PHILADELPHIA...PALMYRA...WARREN...BIG BRANCH...
  HAWKINS BRANCH...AND AREAS ALONG THE NORTH RIVER.

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.

THOSE CAMPING NEAR SMALL STREAMS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT
ONCE. WATER LEVELS MAY RISE RAPIDLY WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING...EVEN
IF THE HEAVY RAINS ARE WELL UPSTREAM OF YOUR CAMPSITE.

LAT...LON 3995 9146 3970 9137 3968 9183 3995 9184

$$

TRUETT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KLSX 250643
FFSLSX
MOC127-205-250715-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
141 AM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR MARION AND SHELBY COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

A CHECK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MARION AND SHELBY COUNTIES INDICATED 
NO FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.  SINCE NO 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED.  

$$
TRUETT

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXShelby66 min
May 24, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXShelby46 min
May 24, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMarion65 min
May 24, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXShelby45 min
May 24, 9:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXShelby6 hr
May 24, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe24 min
May 24, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRalls40 min
May 24, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe49 min
May 24, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis48 min
May 24, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Shelby58 min
May 24, 10:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMarion60 min
May 24, 10:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXRalls25 min
May 24, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike39 min
May 24, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln39 min
May 24, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Osage, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren and 1 more62 min
May 25, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson47 min
May 25, 6:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade48 min
May 25, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery52 min
May 25, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles, Warren65 min
May 25, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles48 min
May 25, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis40 min
May 25, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade, Osage47 min
May 25, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis28 min
May 25, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Washington59 min
May 25, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois45 min
May 25, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford33 min
May 25, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXSainte Genevieve24 min
May 25, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade58 min
May 25, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron46 min
May 25, 4:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXJefferson3 hr
May 25, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison34 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.