Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2007, 2:08 PM CDT for Macoupin County, Madison 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
- Jun 24, 2007, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 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 241908
FFWLSX
ILC117-119-242315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
208 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 204 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE
AFFECTING WILSONVILLE...MOUNT OLIVE...GILLESPIE AND BENLD.
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 3887 8985 3906 8991 3914 8991 3917 8986
3916 8971 3893 8965
$$
CARNEY2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KLSX 242050
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
344 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2007
ILC117-119-242315-
MADISON IL-MACOUPIN IL-
351 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MACOUPIN AND NORTHERN MADISON COUNTIES...
AT 342 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT
HIGH WATER OVER THE WARNED AREA. THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED
FOR NOW...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE THROUGH
EARLY EVENING. IF THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP OVER THE AREA THE
FLOODING COULD CONTINUE LATER INTO THE EVENING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WILSONVILLE...MOUNT OLIVE...GILLESPIE AND BENLD. PEOPLE TRAVELING
ON ILLINOIS ROUTE 4 AND OLD ROUTE 66 SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS.
ALSO...PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR CAHOKIA CREEK IN SOUTHEAST MACOUPIN AND
NORTHEAST MADISON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WATER LEVEL CLOSELY
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF THE CREEK FLOODS.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.
LAT...LON 3887 8985 3906 8991 3914 8991 3917 8986
3916 8971 3893 8965
$$
CARNEY000
WGUS73 KLSX 242246
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
545 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2007
ILC117-119-242255-
MADISON IL-MACOUPIN IL-
545 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MACOUPIN AND NORTHERN MADISON COUNTIES...
HEAVY RAIN HAS LONG ENDED ACROSS THE REGION. A RECENT CHECK WITH
AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATES THAT FLOODING IS NO LONGER A PROBLEM
IN THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3887 8985 3906 8991 3914 8991 3917 8986
3916 8971 3893 8965
$$
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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.