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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 19, 2001Boone County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2001, 4:34 PM CDT for Boone County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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
Jul 19, 2001, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2001, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
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 21:34 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 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 12:00Z on 2001-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1718 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 12:00Z on 2001-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1718 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KLSX 192134
FFWLSX
MOC019-200330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
434 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 431 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN AND AROUND THE COLUMBIA
METROPOLITAN AREA AND OVER SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF
3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 230 PM THIS AFTERNOON
OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY.

* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE
AFFECTING THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF BOONE COUNTY.


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 ATT~EMPT 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.

$$

WDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Washington45 min
Jul 19, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington43 min
Jul 19, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage28 min
Jul 19, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone47 min
Jul 19, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway51 min
Jul 19, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Osage40 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.