Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 2006, 1:29 PM CDT for Reynolds 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2006, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2006, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1274 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 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 271838
FFWLSX
MOC179-280030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
129 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED WEST OF CENTERVILLE AROUND NOON. MORE OR
LESS CONTINUOUS RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED WITH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATING OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN NEAR HIGHWAY 72.
MORE RAIN IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS AN
IMMEDIATE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE BEE FORK AND COOKS
SPRING TRIBUTARIES ALONG WITH THE SUTTON BLUFF RECREATIONAL AREA
IN NORTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY. LOW AREAS AND LOW WATER BRIDGES WILL
ALSO BE INUNDATED. DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH OR CROSS THEM
FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING
WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
LAT...LON 3718 9111 3707 9095 3706 9076 3759 9077
3759 9114
$$
PEDIGO3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KLSX 271938
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
227 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006
MOC179-280030-
REYNOLDS MO-
227 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
REYNOLDS COUNTY...
AT 221 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE LOCATED WEST OF CENTERVILLE
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON DUMPED LOCALLY OVER THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL
IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. THESE STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST TO BETWEEN
CENTERVILLE AND LESTERVILLE AT 230 PM.
NORTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN FREE OF HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN
NOW AND 400 PM. HOWEVER...NEW STORMS HAVE FORMED IN SOUTHEASTERN
SHANNON COUNTY NEAR WINONA AND NORTHEAST OF EMINENCE. THESE STORMS
WILL LIFT NORTHEAST REYNOLDS COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON BUT THEY SHOULD
TRACK THROUGH THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY WHERE LITTLE IF ANY
RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED THUS FAR.
THESE STORMS SHOULD DUMP UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY
NORTHEAST.
MORE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THEREFORE THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 730 PM THIS EVENING.
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS DROVE FROM CENTERVILLE TO SUTTON
BLUFF RECREATIONAL AREA AND REPORT THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE SWOLLEN
ALL CREEKS BUT NO FLOODING HAS BEEN NOTED AS YET.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST
LOUIS.
LAT...LON 3718 9111 3707 9095 3706 9076 3759 9077
3759 9114
$$
PEDIGO000
WGUS73 KLSX 272157
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
447 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006
MOC179-280030-
REYNOLDS MO-
447 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
REYNOLDS COUNTY...
AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTH AND WOULD
PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...WEST FORK...REYNOLDS AND
CENTERVILLE...SUTTON BLUFF RECREATION AREA...AND OATES.
SOME CREEKS AND RIVERS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...WEST FORK OF
THE BLACK RIVER...LOGAN CREEK...BRUSHY CREEK...GUNNIS CREEK...AND
COOKS SPRING.
SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING AREA...OR
FLOOD PRONED LOCATION
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
LAT...LON 3718 9111 3707 9095 3706 9076 3759 9077
3759 9114
$$
CVKING000
WGUS73 KLSX 280034
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
734 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006
MOC179-280044-
REYNOLDS MO-
734 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR REYNOLDS COUNTY...
THE STORMS WHICH PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINS EARLIER HAVE WEAKENED AND
ONLY LIGHT AMOUNTS OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING.
LAT...LON 3718 9111 3707 9095 3706 9076 3759 9077
3759 9114
$$
CVKINGWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 27, 1:24 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 1:24 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 110PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006 .DISCUSSION... CLUSTERS OF CONVECTION MOVG NEWD THRU SWRN MO AND W CNTRL MO SHOULD IMPACT CNTRL MO EARLY THIS MRNG. ALTHOUGH CLOUD TOPS HAVE WARMED SLIGHTLY DURING THE LAST HOUR CONVECTION SHOULD CONT TO DVLP AHD OF RELATIVELY WK SHRTWV MOVG E-NEWD THRU NERN KS. CONVECTION SHOULD ALSO DVLP OVR S CNTRL AND SERN MO AS LATEST RUC ANLYS HAS STG 850 MOISTURE CNVG AND THETA E ADVCTN AT 06Z ACRS THIS AREA. WILL GO WITH HIGH POPS OVR AT LEAST THE WRN PTN OF THE CWA THIS MRNG. AT LEAST SCT CONVECTION SHOULD REDEVELOP THIS AFTN ALNG OUTFLOW BNDRYS AND ALNG WK E-W SYNOPTIC STATIONARY FNT ACRS CNTRL MO. NAM MDL SHOWS PLENTY OF INSTABILITY S OF THIS BNDRY WITH SFC LI VALUES OF -6 FCST AT 18Z SUN OVR SRN MO. WILL FCST MAX TEMPERATURES TDA SLIGHTLY BLW PRESISTANCE WITH CLOUD CVR AND CONVECTION EXPECTED PLUS POSITION OF SYNOPTIC FNT WILL BE A LTL FURTHER S THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY. FOR LATE TGT AND MON MRNG IT APRS THAT THE BEST THREAT FOR CONVECTION SHOULD OCCUR ACRS THE NRN HALF OF THE CWA. NAM MDL DEPICTS INCRSG UPR LVL DIVERGENCE OVR NERN MO TGT AS MID LVL LOW MOVS SLOWLY EWD INTO THE NRN PLAINS. IT IS ALSO SHOWING INCRSG LOW LVL WAA...MOISTURE CNVG AND THETA E ADVCTN IN THIS AREA NR NOSE OF S-SWLY LLJ AHD OF WK 850 MB LOW OVR NERN KS. NAM MDL HAS K INDICES OF NR 40 BY 12Z MON OVR NERN MO AND W CNTRL IL. NAM MDL MAY BE CORRECT IN LFTG FNT BACK NWD WITH APPROACHING MID-UPR LVL TROF MOVG INTO THE NRN PLAINS ALTHOUGH ITS POSITION MAY BE A LTL TOO FAR N BY MON MRNG. BEST POTENTIAL OF CONVECTION SHOULD BGN SHIFTING SLOWLY SEWD WITH TIME BGNG MON AFTN AS FNT BGNS PUSHING SLOWLY SEWD AS SFC RDG BLDS ACRS THE NRN PLAINS. MAX TEMPERATURES ON MON SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY COOLER WITH MDLS FCSTG A MORE WIDESPREAD AND PERSISTANT CLOUD CVR WITH A DPR MOISTURE PROFILE ON THE TIME SECTIONS OF RH...PLUS MOS GUIDANCE HAS A LWR LVL CLOUD CEILING WHICH SHOULD LIMIT SOLAR INSOLATION. WILL HAVE BEST POPS ON MON NGT OVR THE SERN PTN OF THE CWA WITH SFC WV ALNG FNT PUSHING SE OF THE CWA. ALTHOUGH LOW LVL FRCG NO LONGER PRESENT ON TUE TO INITIATE CONVECTION AND THE MORE ABUNDANT LOW LVL MOISTURE SHUNTED E OF THE AREA...WK SHRTWVS ROTATING ARND MID LVL LOW OVR THE NRN PLAINS ALNG WITH RELATIVELY COOL MID LVL TEMPS MAY GENERATE AT LEAST SCT DIURNAL CONVECTION...AND WILL LIKELY INCLUDE LOW POPS OVR THE CWA ON TUE. GKS && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS...PRECIPITATION TRENDS HAVE BEEN BACK PEDDLED FOR THE TAF SITES. PRECIPITITION IS BECOMING ORGANIZED IN THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND FURTHER NORTH THINGS ARE PRETTY QUIET. HAVE KEPT A CLOSE EYE NORTHWEST HOWEVER. THE MSAS DATA INDICATES THE STATIONARY FRONT IS TRYING TO RELOCATE FURTHER NORTH WITH A SURFACE LOW FORMING OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI. IN THE LONGER RANGE THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO SETTLE SOUTH BEHIND THIS EVENINGS CONVECTIVE EVENT AND NORTHEAST WINDS WILL SET IN WITH IFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR MOST OF THE TAF AREA. EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY AS WELL. PEDIGO && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && WFO LSX
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 5:48 AM CDT, 7 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 548 AM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-281100- ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN IL-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY- CLINTON IL-COLE-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL- IRON-JEFFERSON-JERSEY IL-KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON- MADISON IL-MARION-MARION IL-MONITEAU-MONROE-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY- MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE-PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS- SHELBY-ST. CHARLES-ST. CLAIR IL-ST. FRANCOIS-ST. LOUIS- ST. LOUIS CITY-STE. GENEVIEVE-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IL- 548 AM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CONTINUE WITH THESE STORMS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT FLOODING OR HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GKS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 27, 11:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1153 AM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1141 AM HAIL FARMINGTON 37.78N 90.43W
08/27/2006 E0.75 INCH ST. FRANCOIS MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
TILLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 40 min |
| Aug 27, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 46 min |
| Aug 27, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 49 min |
| Aug 27, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 3:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 13 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
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.