Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2013, 5:35 PM CDT for Sainte Genevieve County, Saint Francois County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2013, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2013, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 6:13 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.31 | 2 N French Village, MO | STILL LIGHTLY RAINING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 2564 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
414
WGUS53 KLSX 222235
FFWLSX
MOC186-187-230230-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0034.130622T2235Z-130623T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
535 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES IF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN WITH
AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF TWO POSSIBLE.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BONNE
TERRE...DESLOGE...FARMINGTON...LEADWOOD AND PARK HILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3778 9064 3806 9064 3803 9061 3801 9063
3800 9057 3802 9052 3804 9042 3810 9033
3809 9029 3813 9025 3777 9034
$$
MILLER1 follow-up statement
768
WGUS73 KLSX 230203 RRA
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
903 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
MOC186-187-230219-
/O.CAN.KLSX.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-130623T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STE. GENEVIEVE MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-
903 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ST. FRANCOIS AND
NORTHWESTERN STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3778 9064 3806 9064 3803 9061 3801 9063
3800 9057 3802 9052 3804 9042 3810 9033
3809 9029 3813 9025 3777 9034
$$
GOSSELINThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Louis | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jun 22, 3:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 6 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.