Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2014, 7:33 PM CDT for Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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 21, 2014, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2014, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 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 21, 7:48 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.5 | Florissant, MO | RAINFALL IN 35 MINUTES |
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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -306 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
313
WGUS53 KLSX 220033
FFWLSX
MOC189-510-220630-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0015.140622T0033Z-140622T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
733 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES IN ONE HOUR WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS!
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AFFTON...BEL-RIDGE...BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS...BERKELEY...BLACK
JACK...BRENTWOOD...BRIDGETON...CLAYTON...COOL VALLEY...CREVE
COEUR...DELLWOOD...FERGUSON...FLORISSANT...FRONTENAC...GLENDALE...
HAZELWOOD...HILLSDALE...JENNINGS...KINLOCH...LADUE...LAMBERT
FIELD...LEMAY...MAPLEWOOD...MARYLAND HEIGHTS...NORMANDY...
NORTHWOODS...OLIVETTE...OVERLAND...RICHMOND HEIGHTS AND RIVERVIEW.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES SCOTT JOPLIN HISTORIC SITE.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI NEAR EXIT 231.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST
LOUIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3879 9014 3873 9021 3863 9018 3853 9026
3850 9028 3872 9053 3883 9039 3883 9036
3888 9031 3882 9019 3883 9016 3881 9012
$$
TES1 follow-up statement
815
WGUS73 KLSX 220423
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1123 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014
MOC189-510-220437-
/O.CAN.KLSX.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140622T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-
1123 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ST. LOUIS CITY AND
EASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA.
AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES IN THE AREA INDICATE THAT STREAMS HAVE REMAINED
IN THEIR BANKS...AND ARE BEGINNING TO RECEDE.
LAT...LON 3879 9014 3873 9021 3863 9018 3853 9026
3850 9028 3872 9053 3883 9039 3883 9036
3888 9031 3882 9019 3883 9016 3881 9012
$$
TRUETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 7:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 12 min |
| Jun 21, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Washington | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 8:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Washington | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Washington | 8 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Saint Francois | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 2:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Madison | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 23 min |
| Jun 22, 3:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 5:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Lewis | 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.