General flooding occurred across parts of Southeast Missouri due to 1 to 3 inches of rain. Small creeks and streams flooded and many low-water crossings became impassable.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
General flooding occurred across parts of Southeast Missouri due to 1 to 3 inches of rain. Small creeks and streams flooded and many low-water crossings became impassable. One man was killed when trying to drive through a low-water crossing in St. Francois County.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jan 12, 11:52 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1152 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007
.UPDATE...
HAVE GONE AHEAD AND ADDED BOND...FAYETTE AND CLINTON COUNTIES TO
THE ICE STORM WARNING. THE RUC SEEMS TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON THE
SURFACE TEMPERATURES...AND IT MOVES THE FREEZING LINE INTO THESE
COUNTIES BETWEEN 06-09Z. WHERE FREEZING RAIN HAS STARTED...MOST
LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST A LIGHT GLAZE ON TREES AND SIGNS.
PRECIPITATION TYPE IS MOSTLY SLEET NORTH OF A JEF-TROY MO-WHITE
HALL LINE...WITH 1 INCH ACCUMULATIONS SLEET ACCUMULATION REPORTED
ALREADY IN QUINCY AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. BASED ON THE RADAR
AND MODELS...STILL THINK THAT THE PRECIPITATION WILL FILL IN OVER
THE SRN COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT...AND PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE CWA
WILL SEE STEADY PRECIPITATION TONIGHT...SOME OF IT HEAVY AT TIMES.
BRITT
&&
.DISCUSSION...
ICE STORM TO LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...SOME LOCATIONS MAY SEE GREATER
THAN AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION
UNFOLDING ACROSS THE MIDWEST.
COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE CWA WITH FREEZING
TEMPERATURES FOLLOWING QUICK BEHIND. RAIN CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET...WITH SOME MINOR ACCUMULATION OR GLAZING ALREADY REPORTED
ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. FIRST OF THREE
DISTURBANCES TO AFFECT THE REGION TAKING SHAPE...WITH LARGE
PRECIPITATION SHIELD EXPANDING NORTHEAST FROM OKLAHOMA INTO
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
DECIDED TO UPDATE EVERYONE TO ICE STORM WARNING AROUND NOON
TODAY...AS MODELS STILL ARE UNDERESTIMATING THE COLD AIR INTRUSION.
UNBELIEVABLE...AT 130 PM KIRKSVILLE SITTING AT 18 DEGREES WITH A
DEWPOINT OF 16 DEGREES AND NORTH WIND OF 11KTS. SHOULD SEE FREEZING
LINE ENTER ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA DURING THIS EVENINGS RUSH
HOUR..AS OFFICE TEMPERATURE IN WELDON SPRING IS ALREADY 36 DEGREES.
STILL MAY NOT HAVE FREEZING LINE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH GIVEN UPSTREAM
OBSERVATIONS BUT WILL LET LATER SHIFTS DETERMINE IF ICE WARNING
SHOULD BE EXPANDED FURTHER SOUTH.
SIGNIFICANT ICING UP TO ONE INCH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT...WITH THE
GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN THE INTERSTATE 70 AND 44
CORRIDORS...INCLUDING THE ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA. GIVEN WHAT
HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST...EXPECT WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.
A LITTLE RELIEF ON SATURDAY...AS ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AS THIS FIRST WAVE EXITS..BUT
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. BY SATURDAY NIGHT...THE
SECOND WAVE ARRIVES WITH UP TO ANOTHER QUARTER INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE.
THE THIRD WAVE ARRIVES SUNDAY WITH UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF ICE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SAME PORTIONS OF THE CWA. ARCTIC AIR BUILDS IN
BEHIND THIS FINAL WAVE WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED.
GIVEN POTENTIAL OF RAINFALL EXCEEDING FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 70 HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHERN
COUNTIES AND MENTION HEAVY RAIN/FREEZING RAIN IN ZONE FORECAST.
ARCTIC AIR MASS BUILDS ACROSS REGION THROUGH THE EXTENDED WITH BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED.
CVKING
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 06Z TAFS...FIRST AND VERY SIGNIFCANT WAVE OF PCPN MOVING
THRU THE FA NOW. WITH VERY LARGE WARM WEDGE OF AIR ALOFT...AND
THIS IS INTERSECTING SHALLOW LAYER AND LEADING EDGE OF ARCTIC AIR
AT THE SURFACE...LOOK FOR PROLONGED PERIOD OF FZRA TONIGHT.
DYNAMICAL COOLING HAS ERODED THIS SOMEWHAT ON ITS NRN/WRN
PERIPHERY...AND SO LOOK FOR MORE OF A SLEET MIXTURE IN THOSE
AREAS. THIS FIRST WAVE IS EXPECTED TO EXIT EITHER LATE
TONIGHT...FOR KUIN AND KCOU TERMINALS...OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
FOR KSTL/KSUS TERMINALS. AFTER THIS...PCPN WILL BE VERY SPOTTY IN
COVERAGE UNTIL WAVE NUMBER TWO HITS LATER IN THE DAY ON
SATURDAY...BUT THE INTENSITY NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS GREAT AS THE
FIRST SHOT OF PCPN. OTHERWISE...LO CIGS AND OCCASIONALLY LO VSBYS
TO CONTINUE THRU THE VALID TAF PERIOD.
TES
&&
.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR CRAWFORD-IRON-MADISON-
REYNOLDS-ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE-WASHINGTON.
ICE STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR AUDRAIN-
BOONE-CALLAWAY-COLE-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-JEFFERSON-
KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MARION-MONITEAU-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-OSAGE-
PIKE-RALLS-SHELBY-ST. CHARLES-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-
WARREN-WASHINGTON.
IL...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR RANDOLPH IL-WASHINGTON
IL.
ICE STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ADAMS IL-
BOND IL-BROWN IL-CALHOUN IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-GREENE IL-
JERSEY IL-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY IL-
PIKE IL-ST. CLAIR IL.
&&
WFO LSXHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 745 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042- 047>052-059>065-072-073-131300- ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-CLINTON IL- COLE-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL-JEFFERSON- JERSEY IL-KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MARION-MONITEAU- MONROE-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY-MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE-PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS- SHELBY-ST CHARLES-ST CLAIR IL-ST LOUIS-ST LOUIS CITY-WARREN- WASHINGTON- 745 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... ...FLOOD WATCH FROM 1 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SLEET WILL ALSO BE MIXED IN NORTH OF A LINE FROM JEFFERSON CITY TO TROY MISSOURI TO WHITE HALL ILLINOIS LINE. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL REACH ONE QUARTER INCH TO ONE INCH OVERNIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IT WILL BE MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET LATER SUNDAY WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...PERHAPS REACHING THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF ICE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO RELAY PERIODIC ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS. ILZ070-131300- MARION IL- 745 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT OCCASIONAL RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN TOWARD MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PERIODS OF RAIN...POSSIBLY FREEZING AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ICING WILL BE MINOR AND TEMPORARY...HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO RELAY INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ILZ074-079-MOZ074-075-084-085-099-131300- IRON-MADISON-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-ST FRANCOIS-STE GENEVIEVE- WASHINGTON IL- 745 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH FROM 1 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL LIKELY INCREASE LATE TONIGHT TO A MORE CONTINUOUS RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PERIODS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL POSSIBLY REACH 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES UNABLE TO HANDLE THAT MUCH PRECIPITATION. FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE LIKELY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY PRECIPITATION AND FLOODING INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PEDIGO/BRITT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1102 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM FREEZING RAIN 2 S COLUMBIA 38.43N 90.23W
01/12/2007 E0.00 INCH MONROE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
1.4 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION.
&&
MBRITTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1111 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1020 PM FREEZING RAIN TROY 38.98N 90.98W
01/12/2007 E0.00 INCH LINCOLN MO NWS EMPLOYEE
1/4 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES. CHANGED OVER TO
HEAVY SLEET AND LOST POWER AROUND 1040 PM.
&&
MBRITTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1128 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1115 PM FREEZING RAIN 5 S BLAND 38.23N 91.63W
01/12/2007 M0.00 INCH GASCONADE MO TRAINED SPOTTER
1/4 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION
&&
MBRITTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1152 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1147 PM FREEZING RAIN TOWN AND COUNTRY 38.62N 90.48W
01/12/2007 U0.00 INCH ST. LOUIS MO BROADCAST MEDIA
AT HWY 40/270 NEAR CHRISTIAN BROTHERS COLLEGE, POWER
LINES SAGGING AND TREES DAMAGED.
&&
KARLZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
106 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0101 AM FLASH FLOOD ST. LOUIS 38.64N 90.24W
01/13/2007 ST. LOUIS CITY MO PUBLIC
WEST BOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 40 AT KINGSHIGHWAY, WATER
COVERING THE ROAD, STOPPING TRAFFIC FROM 1215 AM TO 100
AM.
&&
KARLZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
200 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 AM ICE STORM MONROE CITY 39.65N 91.73W
01/13/2007 MONROE MO TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM ICE AND SLEET TOTAL ACCUMULATION 1.6 INCHES.
HIGHWAY 36 IS SLEET COVERED. TREES AND POWERLINES ARE ICE
COVERED.
0100 AM ICE STORM CREVE COEUR 38.66N 90.44W
01/13/2007 ST. LOUIS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
WIRES DOWN.
0100 AM ICE STORM ST. CHARLES 38.79N 90.52W
01/13/2007 ST. CHARLES MO TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD.
0107 AM ICE STORM CHESTERFIELD 38.65N 90.58W
01/13/2007 ST. LOUIS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE DOWN ON WIRES.
&&
BRITTThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several inches of rain caused flooding of small creeks and streams and low-water crossings mainly across southern Crawford County.
Several inches of rain caused flooding of small creeks and streams and low-water crossings mainly across southern Washington County.
Several inches of rain caused flooding of small creeks and streams and low-water crossings across much of Iron County.
Several inches of rain caused flooding of small creeks and streams and low-water crossings mainly across northern Madison County.
Several inches of rain caused flooding of small creeks and streams and low-water crossings across much of Reynolds County.
Several inches of rain caused flooding of small creeks and streams and low-water crossings across much of St. Francois County. A 71 year-old man was killed near Bonne Terre when he tried to cross a low-water crossing on Cedar Run Road through Terre Blue Creek.
Rainfall of several inches caused localized flooding of small creeks and streams mainly across southern Ste. Genevieve County.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood, St. Francois | 2007-01-13 | 71 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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