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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2007, 7:52 PM CDT for Madison County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2007, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2007, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 9:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.5 | 3 Nw Buckhorn, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 297 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
- 173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 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 110055 FFWLSX MOC123-110445- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 752 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 750 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF MADISON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN SACO AND BUCKHORN SINCE 630 PM. * FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE AFFECTING SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MADISON COUNTY INCLUDING THE SACO AND BUCKHORN VICINITY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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. 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. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3732 9057 3732 9017 3763 9016 3763 9052 $$ GLASS
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLSX 110152 FFSLSX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 850 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007 MOC123-110445- MADISON MO- 850 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR MADISON COUNTY... AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER MADISON COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY THIS EVENING...WITH SEVERAL MORE INCHES POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE HEAVIER RAIN TAPERS OFF BY AROUND 10 PM. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JUNCTION CITY...FREDERICKTOWN...SACO...BUCKHORN...AND MARQUAND. THIS IS A SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY...SO DO NOT TAKE THIS DANGER LIGHTLY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...OR IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. LAT...LON 3732 9057 3732 9017 3763 9016 3763 9052 $$ TRUETT
000 WGUS73 KLSX 110449 FFSLSX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1146 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007 MOC123-110456- MADISON MO- 1146 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR MADISON COUNTY... THE STORMS WHICH PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINS EARLIER HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY WHEN APPROACHING LOW LYING AREAS AND THOSE LOCATIONS THAT ARE KNOWN TO FLOOD DURING TIMES OF HEAVY RAIN. ROADS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN RURAL AREAAS...MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE HEAVY RAINS OF EARLIER THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...LOW WATER CROSSINGS SHOULD BE AVOIDED...AS DARKNESS OFTEN MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE IF WATER IS COVERING THE ROAD. IF YOU DO COME UPON A LOW WATER CROSSING...TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE TO YOUR DESTINATION. LAT...LON 3732 9057 3732 9017 3763 9016 3763 9052 $$ TRUETT
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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.