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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS St. Louis, MO

December 14, 2005Reynolds County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Dec 14, 2005, 6:27 AM CST for Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 14, 2005, 6:27 AM CST (12:27 UTC)
Expired
Dec 14, 2005, 8:30 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Reynolds County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:30 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 14, 8:15 AM CSTFLASH FLOODLesterville, MOCIRCLE DRIVE IN NORTHERN LESTERVILLE IS BEGINNING TO FLOOD. PORTIONS OF LESTERVILLE ARE BEING EVACUATED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 259 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 2005-12-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-12-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 299 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
299 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
324 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 141230
FFWLSX
MOC179-141430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
627 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 830 AM CST

* AT 624 AM CST...LAW ENFORCMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A DAM FAILURE 
OF   THE IUPPER TAUM SAUK LAKE DAM... WHICH IS NEAR TAUM SAUK
MOUNTAIN.   LARGE QUANTITIES OF WATER WILL RAPIDLY MOVE 
DOWNSTREAM...CAUSING EXTREME FLOODING OF THE BLACK BELOW THE DAM. 
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION   
FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE   
AFFECTING LESTERVILLE AND HIGHWAY N AND AREAS IN AND NEAR JOHNSON 
SHUT-INS STATE PARK.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE BLACK RIVER.

THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. PERSONS LIVING DOWNSTREAM FROM
THE DAM SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW FLOODING WILL OCCUR
RAPIDLY.

LAT...LON 3759 9111 3728 9108 3733 9078 3760 9078

$$

PEDIGO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KLSX 141310
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
705 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005

MOC179-141430-
REYNOLDS MO-
705 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN REYNOLDS COUNTY...

AT 659 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A NUMBER
OF PEOPLE ARE MISSING IN THE AREA. THE CREST WILL BE MOVING 
SOUTH FROM THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE BLACK RIVER INTO THE BLACK
RIVER. RIVER LEVELS COULD RISE SOME 20 FEET OR SO IN A MATTER 
OF SECONDS OR A VERY FEW MINUTES.  

ALL RESIDENTS ALONG REACHES OF THE BLACK RIVER SHOULD GET 
COMPLETELY AWAY FROM EVEN THE LOW AREAS NEAR THE RIVER

COUNTY ROADS 342...ROUTE 364...ROUTE 372...AND ALL REACHES 
NEAR THE WARNER BAY SPRING ON TO COUNTY ROUTES 334 AND 336 
SHOULD BE BLOCKED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL 
APPROACHING THE RIVER AREA.  

THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. PERSONS LIVING DOWNSTREAM 
ALONG BLACK RIVER SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW FLOODING WILL 
OCCUR RAPIDLY.

LAT...LON 3759 9111 3728 9108 3733 9078 3760 9078

$$

PEDIGO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 14, 6:52 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLSXReynolds113 min
Dec 14, 8:39 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLSXReynolds6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.