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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2007, 5:02 PM CDT for Greene County, Illinois. 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2007, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greene County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 2262 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 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 102203 FFWLSX ILC061-110200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 502 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING IN CENTRAL GREEN COUNTY NEAR CARROLLTON. * FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE AFFECTING CARROLLTON...WRIGHTS...WALKERSVILLE...BERDAN AND BELLTOWN. 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. 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 3918 9051 3918 9032 3939 9019 3939 9054 $$ CVKING
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLSX 102212 FFSLSX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 510 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007 ILC061-110200- GREENE IL- 510 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY... AT 503 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CARROLLTON. A TRAINED SPOTTER SOUTH OF CARROLLTON RECEIVED 2.8 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. HE REPORTED THAT WATER IS FLOWING OUT OF THE FIELDS...FILLING THE DITCHES AND RUNNING ACROSS THE ROADS. ILLINOIS STATE POLICE REPORT THAT 1 TO 3 MILES WEST OF CARROLLTON FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG HIGHWAY 108. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 3918 9051 3918 9032 3939 9019 3939 9054 $$ CVKING
000 WGUS73 KLSX 102331 FFSLSX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 632 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007 ILC061-102342- GREENE IL- 632 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY... A CHECK WITH AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATES THAT FLOODING IS NO LONGER A PROBLEM IN THE AREA. LAT...LON 3918 9051 3918 9032 3939 9019 3939 9054 $$ CVKING
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 38 min |
| May 10, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey | 38 min |
| May 10, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 28 min |
| May 10, 3:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Madison | 4 hr |
| May 10, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey | 47 min |
| May 10, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 38 min |
| May 10, 4:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Jersey | 4 hr |
| May 10, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 50 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.