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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2026, 3:53 AM CDT for Boone County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr. 2 reports 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 1, 2026, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2026, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Boone County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nnw Columbia, MO | Emergency Manager reports a high water rescue on Creasy Springs Road. |
| Jun 1, 6:45 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nw Columbia, MO | Vehicle stalled in flood waters. Fire department rescued single occupant by boat. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 67 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 2368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1403 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted.
063
WGUS53 KLSX 010853
FFWLSX
MOC019-011400-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0022.260601T0853Z-260601T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
353 AM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026
The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Boone County in central Missouri...
* Until 900 AM CDT.
* At 353 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Columbia, Ashland, Columbia Regional Airport, Rocheport, Midway,
Easley, Murry, Harrisburg, Hartsburg, Lupus, McBaine and Wilton.
This includes the following State Parks...
Rock Bridge State Park, Finger Lakes State Park and Jewell Cemetery
Historic Site.
This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri between exits 115 and 133.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3916 9248 3907 9213 3892 9216 3890 9217
3890 9216 3887 9216 3887 9215 3882 9215
3882 9214 3870 9223 3864 9222 3868 9236
3871 9234 3876 9241 3879 9238 3882 9238
3883 9244 3888 9248 3891 9248 3898 9257
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
Carney2 follow-up statements
825
WGUS73 KLSX 011115
FFSLSX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
615 AM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026
MOC019-011400-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-260601T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Boone MO-
615 AM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING
FOR CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY...
At 615 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated that thunderstorms produced
between 2 and 4 inches of rain. While the heavy rain has ended,
runoff will continue to cause flooding across the warning area.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Columbia, Columbia Regional Airport, Rocheport, Midway, Easley,
Murry, Harrisburg and McBaine.
This includes the following State Parks...
Rock Bridge State Park, Finger Lakes State Park and Jewell Cemetery
Historic Site.
This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri between exits 115 and 133.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 3916 9248 3907 9213 3892 9216 3890 9217
3890 9216 3887 9216 3887 9215 3882 9215
3879 9238 3882 9238 3883 9244 3886 9246
3888 9248 3890 9247 3891 9248 3898 9257
3899 9256
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
Carney337
WGUS73 KLSX 011400
FFSLSX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
900 AM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026
MOC019-011410-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-260601T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Boone MO-
900 AM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
&&
LAT...LON 3916 9248 3907 9213 3892 9216 3890 9217
3890 9216 3887 9216 3887 9215 3882 9215
3879 9238 3882 9238 3883 9244 3886 9246
3888 9248 3890 9247 3891 9248 3898 9257
3899 9256
$$
WalshWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 31, 11:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- Thunderstorms are forecast across much of the region overnight tonight through early Monday morning. A few storms may be strong to severe with damaging winds, large hail, and locally heavy rainfall.
- Dry weather is expected Tuesday through Thursday along with near normal temperatures.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 11:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...Updated Aviation National Weather Service Saint Louis MO 1118 PM CDT Sun May 31 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - Thunderstorms are forecast across much of the region overnight tonight through early Monday morning. A few storms may be strong to severe with damaging winds, large hail, and locally heavy rainfall. - Dry weather is expected Tuesday through Thursday along with near normal temperatures. && .SHORT TERM... (Through Late Monday Afternoon) Issued at 300 PM CDT Sun May 31 2026 Showers and thunderstorms in southeast Missouri continue to move southeast along/behind a composite outflow boundary. The environment downstream is characterized by moderate to high instability (>2000 J/kg SBCAPE), but less than 20 knots of effective shear. Not surprisingly, individual updrafts have ebbed and flowed with most of the activity staying subsevere. Individual cores are having a difficult time staying tied to their outflow boundaries. Once they get well behind the outflow, the updraft weakens and the storm gradually diminishes with time. That being said, one or two may produce wind gusts to 60 mph or hail to the size of quarters over the next few hours, but organized severe thunderstorms are not expected. Further north, mostly dry weather is favored for the remainder of the afternoon and most of the evening. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms may form within a couple hours after dusk as the nocturnal low-level jet strengthens. However, more numerous storms should develop near the Missouri- Kansas border and move east/southeast with time overnight tonight into early Monday morning. The low-level jet itself (and its associated moisture convergence) is not particularly strong, only on the order of about 20-25 knots. This should be enough to ramp up the coverage of showers and thunderstorms, but probably does lessen the overall threat for heavy rainfall/flash flood potential. The short- fused hydrological threat should stay confined to areas that have seen significant rainfall over the past 48+ hours (mainly Moniteau/Boone counties), and if these areas likely would need to see at least some training. The low-level jet does veer more to the west, so that is possible, but uncertain where that would occur. Therefore, have elected to not issue a flash flood watch for portions of central Missouri at this time, but that will be an area we will have to watch overnight given the wet antecedent conditions. There is also a marginal severe threat overnight with 2000+ J/kg of MUCAPE and 20-30 knots of effective shear. Hail up to the size of quarters and gusts to 60 mph will be the main threats, though hail may become more of the predominant threat late tonight as model soundings show a deepening inversion. Elevated convection can certainly produce wind damage, but it does get tougher the deeper your stable boundary layer becomes. Storms will be ongoing Monday morning, most likely across southeast Missouri. They should exit quickly off to the southeast. The rest of the day is expected to be dry, assuming we do get fairly widespread showers and thunderstorms that move through the area and exit Monday morning. That should help push the effective front to our south, with additional development in an area of weak surface convergence more likely closer to the Missouri-Arkansas border. Did keep 20-30% PoPs in southeast Missouri however for Monday afternoon in case the aforementioned preceding round of convection is not as widespread as forecast. Gosselin && .LONG TERM... (Monday Night through Next Sunday) Issued at 300 PM CDT Sun May 31 2026 (Monday Night - Thursday) A backdoor low-level cold front will finish pushing through the mid- Mississippi Monday night, with a real air mass change expected. Seasonably cool nights (lows in 50s) along with near normal highs (low 80s) are forecast along with plenty of sunshine. (Thursday Night - Next Sunday) Moderating temperatures are forecast late this week as low-level winds turn out of the southwest behind a departing surface ridge axis. Ensemble guidance is in fairly good agreement that the mid/upper level ridge axis will weaken and shift slightly east Friday into Saturday, which may allow a cold front to drop into portions of the area and bring a chance (30-50%) of showers and thunderstorms. Given the southwest flow aloft across the southeastern CONUS, this front is more likely than not to stall out as well and prolong the threat for showers and thunderstorms at least through the remainder of next weekend. Gosselin && .AVIATION... (For the 06z TAFs through 06z Monday Night) Issued at 1106 PM CDT Sun May 31 2026 The focus for impacts this period continues to be showers and thunderstorms through this morning. The main corridor for these showers and thunderstorms will stretch from near KCOU and KJEF east-southeastward through KSUS, KSTL, and KCPS. KUIN has a low chance of being grazed by this activity, though confidence in this occurring is dwindling. Storms will be capable of heavy rainfall that will reduce visibilities to MVFR and even IFR flight categories, and there is a very low chance for gusty, erratic winds and small hail at KCOU and KJEF. Showers and thunderstorms will move south of the local terminals by mid morning, with confidence high in VFR flight conditions through the remainder of the day. Elmore && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...None. IL...None. && WFO LSX
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Moniteau | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Monroe, Ralls | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 3:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Moniteau | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 4:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage, Warren | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Gasconade, Osage | 50 min |
| Jun 1, 4:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Lincoln, Montgomery, Osage, Saint Charles and 1 more | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Osage, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 5:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Osage | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | City of Saint Louis | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Boone | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 7:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 9:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Boone | 3 hr |
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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.