Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2005, 12:55 AM CDT for Audrain County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, 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
- May 22, 2005, 12:55 AM CDT (05:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2005, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Audrain County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:56 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 287 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
- 2114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 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 220604
FFWLSX
MOC007-137-139-221200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1255 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 700 AM CDT
* AT 1251 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A LONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TRAILING FROM MEXICO
MISSOURI NORTHWEST FOR OVER 120 MILES. THESE STORMS ARE
TRAINING...FOLLOWING ONE ANOTHER AND WILL DUMP COPIOUS AMOUNTS
OF RAIN IN A NARROW AREA CENTERED ON THESE COUNTIES. FLASH FLOODING
FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP QUICKLY OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE
AFFECTING WOODLAWN...WELLSVILLE...VANDALIA...SANTA FE...PARIS...NEW
FLORENCE...MEXICO...MONTGOMERY CITY...MINEOLA...MARTINSBURG...
LADDONIA...JONESBURG...GRANVILLE...FARBER...BUELL...BIG SPRING AND
BELLFLOWER.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY
TONIGHT. THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE SALT RIVER AND OTHER SMALLER
RIVER BASINS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT
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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 3933 9172 3930 9145 3915 9143 3914 9131
3910 9127 3885 9128 3885 9141 3877 9143
3871 9153 3879 9164 3907 9166 3907 9201
3913 9209 3924 9210 3929 9228 3961 9226
3965 9174
$$
PEDIGO3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KLSX 220646
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
133 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005
MOC007-137-139-221200-
MONTGOMERY MO-AUDRAIN MO-MONROE MO-
133 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR MONROE...
AUDRAIN AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...
AT 130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE
WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS TRAIL FROM MONTGOMERY CITY NORTHWEST
THROUGH MEXICO...MACON...AND ALL THE WAY INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA.
THIS SITUATION IS RAPIDLY BECOMING A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PREPARE
FOR NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES AND SERIOUS FLOODING.
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 130 AM THIS MORNING DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION
ESTIMATES HAVE ALREADY REACHED 2 TO 3 INCHES IN WESTERN MONROE
COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NEAR THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE SALT
RIVER AND NEAR WOODLAWN. FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT. SECONDARY
AND EVEN PRIMARY ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE BEFORE MORNING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODLAWN...
SANTA FE...PARIS...MEXICO...MADISON...LADDONIA...GRANVILLE AND
FARBER.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST
LOUIS.
LAT...LON 3933 9172 3930 9145 3915 9143 3914 9131
3910 9127 3885 9128 3885 9141 3877 9143
3871 9153 3879 9164 3907 9166 3907 9201
3913 9209 3924 9210 3929 9228 3961 9226
3965 9174
$$
PEDIGO000
WGUS73 KLSX 220820
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
309 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005
MOC007-137-139-221200-
MONTGOMERY MO-AUDRAIN MO-MONROE MO-
309 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR MONROE...
AUDRAIN AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...
AT 305 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT
OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN WESTERN MONROE COUNTY
BETWEEN MADISON AND WOODLAWN...TO THE WEST OF PARIS.
MORE STORMS ARE STILL LINED UP TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA...ONE NEAR
WOODLAWN...ONE NEAR MOBERLY...AND ONE FINAL STORM SOME 50 MILES
TO THE NORTHWEST. THESE STORMS ARE DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH ANOTHER
1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BETWEEN NOW AND 530 AM CDT.
KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL CONDITIONS AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER
COVERING THE ROADWAYS TONIGHT THE ROAD BELOW MAY NOT BE THERE
TO SUPPORT YOU...GO AROUND OR TURN BACK
LAT...LON 3933 9172 3930 9145 3915 9143 3914 9131
3910 9127 3885 9128 3885 9141 3877 9143
3871 9153 3879 9164 3907 9166 3907 9201
3913 9209 3924 9210 3929 9228 3961 9226
3965 9174
$$
PEDIGO000
WGUS73 KLSX 221206
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
705 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005
MOC007-137-139-221215-
MONTGOMERY MO-AUDRAIN MO-MONROE MO-
705 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MONROE...AUDRAIN AND MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 700 AM CDT...
A CHECK WITH COUNTY SHERIFFS INDICATE NO FLOODING PROBLEMS THIS
MORNING IN MONROE...AUDRAIN...AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES.
THE HEAVIEST RAINS OVERNIGHT FELL FROM FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF SANTA
FE...NEAR THE AUDRAIN...MONROE COUNTY LINE...TO JUST SOUTH OF
DUNCANS BRIDGE IN NORTHWEST MONROE COUNTY. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM
RADAR INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THIS
NARROW AREA.
THE RAINFALL OBSERVER AT PARIS REPORTED 2.5 INCHES OF
RAIN...AND AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE AT SANTA FE RECORDED JUST OVER AN
INCH OF RAIN.
LAT...LON 3933 9172 3930 9145 3915 9143 3914 9131
3910 9127 3885 9128 3885 9141 3877 9143
3871 9153 3879 9164 3907 9166 3907 9201
3913 9209 3924 9210 3929 9228 3961 9226
3965 9174
$$
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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.