Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 2006, 2:40 PM CDT for Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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
- May 3, 2006, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 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), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 1602 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KLSX 031941
FFWLSX
MOC179-032330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
240 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SLOW MOVING CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE
AFFECTING ELLINGTON...GARWOOD...HADLEY...AND REDFORD.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO LOCALLY 4 INCHES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS
WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS
WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
SOME OF THE AFFECTED WATERWAYS ARE LOGAN CREEK...WEBB CREEK...SPRING
CREEK...SINKING CREEK...AND THE BLACK RIVER.
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 3706 9096 3709 9096 3710 9101 3715 9104
3719 9110 3721 9112 3726 9116 3732 9117
3738 9118 3738 9107 3738 9092 3738 9075
3718 9074 3713 9079 3705 9079
$$
CVKING2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KLSX 032116
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
414 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006
MOC179-032330-
REYNOLDS MO-
414 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY...
AT 223 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THIS AREA HAD RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL. MORE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE BUILDING TO THE SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA WHICH MAY
BRING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ELLINGTON...GARWOOD...HADLEY...AND REDFORD.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING
OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
SOME OF THE AFFECTED WATERWAYS ARE LOGAN CREEK...WEBB CREEK...SPRING
CREEK...SINKING CREEK...AND THE BLACK RIVER.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
LAT...LON 3706 9096 3709 9096 3710 9101 3715 9104
3719 9110 3721 9112 3726 9116 3732 9117
3738 9118 3738 9107 3738 9092 3738 9075
3718 9074 3713 9079 3705 9079
$$
CVKING000
WGUS73 KLSX 032325
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
623 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006
MOC179-032333-
REYNOLDS MO-
623 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY EXPIRES AT
630 PM CDT...
THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH FLOODING
SUBSIDING...SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 630 PM.
ADDITIONAL RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE TONIGHT...SO BE ALERT TO THE
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 3706 9096 3709 9096 3710 9101 3715 9104
3719 9110 3721 9112 3726 9116 3732 9117
3738 9118 3738 9107 3738 9092 3738 9075
3718 9074 3713 9079 3705 9079
$$
BYRDThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 8:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage | 26 min |
| May 3, 8:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway | 42 min |
| May 3, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Osage | 50 min |
| May 3, 9:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Montgomery, Warren | 43 min |
| May 3, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade | 30 min |
| May 3, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade | 27 min |
| May 3, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin | 22 min |
| May 3, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 49 min |
| May 3, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Washington | 72 min |
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.