Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jan 12, 2005, 6:20 PM CST for 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 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
- Jan 12, 2005, 6:20 PM CST (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2005, 12:15 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Moniteau County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 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 130022
FFWLSX
MOC007-019-027-051-135-130615-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
620 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 1215 AM CST
* AT 613 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT AN AROUND AN INCH AND ONE QUARTER OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA.
* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE
AFFECTING VANDALIA...STURGEON...LADDONIA...FARBER AND CENTRALIA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. SATURATED GROUND FROM PREVIOUS RAINS WILL ALLOW MOST OF
THIS WATER TO RUN OFF CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS AND
STREAMS AND OTHER DRAINAGES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.
LAT...LON 3869 9261 3890 9250 3902 9256 3923 9244
3925 9231 3935 9231 3931 9145 3915 9143
3915 9164 3871 9166 3868 9185 3848 9204
3847 9216 3839 9213 3834 9221 3834 9241
3843 9241 3844 9263 3858 9282 3868 9284
$$
CARNEY1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KLSX 130332
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
930 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
MOC007-019-027-051-135-130615-
COLE MO-MONITEAU MO-CALLAWAY MO-BOONE MO-AUDRAIN MO-
930 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM CST FOR AUDRAIN...
BOONE...CALLAWAY...MONITEAU AND COLE COUNTIES...
AT 927 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE AREA. BLACKFOOT ROAD NORTH OF COLUMBIA WAS UNDER
WATER...AND HIGHWAY 94 NORTH OF JEFFERSON CITY IN CALLAWAY COUNTY
WAS ALSO UNDER 2 FEET OF WATER.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WILLIAMSBURG...VANDALIA...STURGEON...SHAMROCK...MURRY...MIDWAY...
MEXICO..MARTINSBURG...LADDONIA...HALLSVILLE...FULTON...FARBER...EASLE
Y...COLUMBIA...CENTRALIA AND AUXVASSE.
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS ACROSS
THE AREA SO FLOODING CONDITIONS WILL ONLY WORSEN WITH TIME. DO NOT
DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3869 9261 3890 9250 3902 9256 3923 9244
3925 9231 3935 9231 3931 9145 3915 9143
3915 9164 3871 9166 3868 9185 3848 9204
3847 9216 3839 9213 3834 9221 3834 9241
3843 9241 3844 9263 3858 9282 3868 9284
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 6:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 46 min |
| Jan 12, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 44 min |
| Jan 12, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Jan 12, 7:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 49 min |
| Jan 12, 8:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade | 44 min |
| Jan 12, 8:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Warren | 38 min |
| Jan 12, 8:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Jan 12, 9:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Washington | 46 min |
| Jan 12, 10:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis | 40 min |
| Jan 13, 12:02 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005
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.