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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 10, 2001Boone County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 2001, 7:17 PM CDT for Boone County, Missouri. It was in force for 118 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2001, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2001, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Boone County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 267 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2001-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1240 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2001-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1240 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1315 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
6.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KLSX 110021
FFWSTL
MOC019-110215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
717 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 717 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN AND   
AROUND THE CITY OF COLUMBIA.  ONE AND ONE HALF FOOT OF WATER WAS 
REPORTED ON ROADS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CITY MAKING ROADS 
IMPASSABLE AND STRANDING MOTORISTS.

* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE   
AFFECTING BOONE COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF COLUMBIA FOR THE NEXT 
TWO HOURS UNTIL THE HEAVY RAIN SUBSIDES AND THE WATER RECEDES.

IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IMMINENT...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER 
GROUND. NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...
ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT
TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

GKS

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain67 min
Apr 10, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMontgomery62 min
Apr 10, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXWarren56 min
Apr 10, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln62 min
Apr 10, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis63 min
Apr 10, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCity of Saint Louis67 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.