Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

Mar 12, 2006, 3:03 AM CST (09:03 UTC)

Expired

Mar 12, 2006, 7:00 AM CST

In force

4 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 St Louis radar (KLSX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KLSX 120904
FFWLSX
MOC093-123-179-121300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
303 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

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 700 AM CST

* AT 259 AM CST...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A CONTINUOUS LINE 
  OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE
  AFFECTING VIBURNUM...ROSELLE...PILOT KNOB...OATES...JUNCTION
  CITY...IRONTON...GLOVER...FREDERICKTOWN...BIXBY...BELLEVIEW AND
  ARCADIA.


UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED SINCE YESTERDAY 
AFTERNOON...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE 
NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 3724 9113 3759 9112 3760 9116 3773 9114
      3773 9065 3764 9065 3764 9016 3732 9017
      3731 9055 3728 9056 3728 9073 3722 9074
      3709 9087

$$

CVKING

000 
WGUS73 KLSX 121147
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
542 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

MOC093-123-179-121300-
REYNOLDS MO-MADISON MO-IRON MO-
542 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR
IRON...MADISON AND REYNOLDS COUNTIES...

AT 507 AM CST...AN EAST TO WEST LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
HAS INCREASED FROM JUST WEST OF FREDERICKTOWN WEST THROUGH THE
HEART OF REYNOLDS COUNTY TO THE OZARK SCENIC RIVERWAYS. LITTLE
IF ANY FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES 
ARE BANK FULL AND ANOTHER HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN WILL
OCCUR BETWEEN NOW AND 800 AM THIS MORNING.  THIS WILL CAUSE 
ADDITIONAL RUNOFF INTO RAIN SWOLLEN AREAS AND COULD POSE A 
NEW FLOODING THREAT EARLY THIS MORNING.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VIBURNUM...
ROSELLE...PILOT KNOB...OATES...JUNCTION CITY...IRONTON...GLOVER...
FREDERICKTOWN...BIXBY...BELLEVIEW AND ARCADIA.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3724 9113 3759 9112 3760 9116 3773 9114
      3773 9065 3764 9065 3764 9016 3732 9017
      3731 9055 3728 9056 3728 9073 3722 9074
      3709 9087

$$

PEDIGO

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006

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.