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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 1996, 7:38 AM CDT for Adams County, Brown County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1996, 7:38 AM CDT (12:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1996, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:40 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 081240 FFWSTL ILC001-009-081645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 738 AM CDT WED MAY 8 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...ADAMS COUNTY...BROWN COUNTY AT 730 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM EAST OF QUINCY NEAR CAMPOINT EAST INTO THE STERLING AND RIPLEY AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED RAINFALL UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 4 AM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WERE MOVING EAST TOW DADAMS AND BROWN COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL STREAM OR OTHER LOW LYING FLOOD- PRONE AREA...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY. YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT. DLF
What 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 8, 6:54 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
ILZ095-097>102-MOZ009-010-018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>052- 059>065-081245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 651 AM CDT WED MAY 8 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI UNTIL NOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AND IT INCLUDES NORTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL AND MOST OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. QUINCY...HANNIBAL...ST LOUIS AND COLUMBIA ARE ALL INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SPREADING EAST AND SOUTH. THE STORMS SHOULD BE AFFECTING NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY MID MORNING. THE CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL COUNTIES CAN EXPECT THESE STORMS BY LATE THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF MISSOURI TODAY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND T.V. STATIONS FOR UPDATES ON THIS THREATENING WEATHER SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER QUICKLY IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA. FERRY
Special weather statement, May 8, 7:08 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
MOZ042-041-050-010-048-072-062-059-084-018-019-052-085-027-047- 051-034-049-036-035-099-061-075-074-063-064-009-026-060-073-ILZ095- 064-096-098-069-065-058-099-059-100-070-102-060-097-079-101-074- MOZ065-071700- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 600 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 1996 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NWS OFFICE IN ST. LOUIS. AREAS INCLUDED ARE PARTS OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. CITIES COVERED BY THIS OUTLOOK AREA INCLUDE IN MISSOURI...COLUMBIA ...JEFFERSON CITY...MEXICO...HANNIBAL...ST. LOUIS...AND FARMINGTON. IN ILLINOIS...QUINCY...CARLINVILLE...BELLEVILLE...CHESTER... GREENVILLE AND SALEM. A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM MEXICO TO JUST NORTH OF ST LOUIS TO CARLINVILLE IN MACOUPIN COUNTY ILLINOIS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ADVNISED OF THE LATEST FORECAST FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION. DLF
Special weather statement, May 8, 7:09 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
MOZ042-041-050-010-048-072-062-059-084-018-019-052-085-027-047- 051-034-049-036-035-099-061-075-074-063-064-009-026-060-073-ILZ095- 064-096-098-069-065-058-099-059-100-070-102-060-097-079-101-074- MOZ065-081700- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 700 AM CDT WED MAY 8 1996 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NWS OFFICE IN ST. LOUIS. AREAS INCLUDED ARE PARTS OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. CITIES COVERED BY THIS OUTLOOK AREA INCLUDE IN MISSOURI...COLUMBIA ...JEFFERSON CITY...MEXICO...HANNIBAL...ST. LOUIS...AND FARMINGTON. IN ILLINOIS...QUINCY...CARLINVILLE...BELLEVILLE...CHESTER... GREENVILLE AND SALEM. A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM MEXICO TO JUST NORTH OF ST LOUIS TO CARLINVILLE IN MACOUPIN COUNTY ILLINOIS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP TADVISED OF THE LATEST FORECAST FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION. DLF
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 28 min |
| May 8, 12:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 56 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.