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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS St. Louis, MO

November 15, 2005Iron County, Madison County, Reynolds County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Nov 15, 2005, 6:51 AM CST for Iron County, Madison County, Reynolds County, Missouri. 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2005, 6:51 AM CST (12:51 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2005, 9:45 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, Reynolds County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:50 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 261 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 2005-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 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 2005-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 239 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
104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KLSX 151256
FFWLSX
MOC093-123-179-151545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
651 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 945 AM CST

* AT 526 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE       
  AFFECTING GARWOOD...VULCAN...ANNAPOLIS...ELLINGTON...
  SACO...BUCKHORN...AND MARQUAND

PUBLIC OFFICIALS REPORT NUMEROUS HIGHWAYS AND COUNTY ROADS ACROSS 
THE WARNED AREA IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOOD WATERS FROM THE 3 TO 6 
INCHES OF RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED OVERNIGHT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA THIS MORNING.

LAT...LON 3710 9101 3721 9113 3725 9112 3726 9116
      3749 9122 3750 9131 3759 9131 3760 9116
      3773 9114 3773 9065 3764 9065 3764 9016
      3732 9016 3728 9073 3705 9079 3705 9092

$$

CVKING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 1:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLSXIron, Madison, Reynolds6 hr
Nov 15, 3:48 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXReynolds20 min
Nov 15, 4:15 AM CSTFreeze WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 14 more28 hr
Nov 15, 11:49 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXIron, Washington41 min
Nov 15, 12:54 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXSainte Genevieve28 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.