Torrential downpours sparked flash flooding in St. Louis and surrounding areas on Tuesday, stranding residents as the amount of rain shattered a record set more than a century ago.
, its most serious flood alert. By then, 3 to 6 inches of rain had fallen and high water was “threatening houses” while vehicles were submerged in high water, according to the Weather Service.St. Louis received the equivalent of two months’ worth of rain in six hours. A creek in St. Peters, Mo., just northwest of St. Louis, rose 21.5 feet in seven hours to a record crest amid the torrent.
The thunderstorms formed along the northern periphery of a heat dome sprawled over the south-central states, responsible in recent days for record-high temperatures in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. St. Louis was situated in the turbulent transition zone between that oppressive heat and cooler weather entering the Upper Midwest from Canada.
On Tuesday, the Weather Service declared the area from eastern Missouri to central West Virginia under an elevated risk for excessive rainfall, with the greatest risk from the St. Louis area through southern Illinois and into southwest Indiana. That riskfrom southeast Missouri through West Virginia on Wednesday and Thursday.
Three consecutive days with an elevated threat of flash flooding in central and southern Appalachia as a plume of deep moisture parks over the region. For the latest Excessive Rainfall Outlooks, including an interactive map, go here:
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