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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 10, 2002Bond County, Fayette County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2002, 5:53 PM CDT for Bond County, Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 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
Jun 10, 2002, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2002, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bond County, IL, Fayette County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2002-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1320 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2002-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
1320 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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 102253
FFWSTL
ILC005-051-110145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
553 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 551 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN AND AROUND THE 
  GREENVILLE AREA EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH WOBURN AND NEAR 
  SHAFTER IN FAYETTE COUNTY.  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 
  3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN JUST THE PAST HOUR.

* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THESE AREAS.  HEAVY RAIN 
  PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY 7 PM...WITH 
  THE EFFECTS OF FLOODING TO LINGER FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

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

Nearby

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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.