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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS St. Louis, MO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 8:15 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Lesterville, MO | CIRCLE 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 6:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 113 min |
| Dec 14, 8:39 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 6 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.