Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

Jun 26, 2007, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)

Expired

Jun 26, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS St. Louis, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Clinton County, IL, Washington County, IL

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KLSX 262017
FFWLSX
ILC027-189-270000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
315 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM SHATTUC TO 5 MILES WEST OF RICHVIEW...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE UP TO AN INCH OF 
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH 4 PM.  THIS IS THE SAME AREA THAT
  RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING.  FLASH
  FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...AND WILL
  BE AFFECTING AREAS AROUND FERRIN...HOFFMAN...HOYLETON AND
  IRVINGTON.

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.

CROOKED CREEK SOUTH OF POSEY IS RUNNING CLOSE TO FLOOD STAGE...AND 
MAY EXCEED FLOOD STAGE WITH THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3861 8933 3834 8937 3835 8915 3866 8915

$$

BRITT

000 
WGUS73 KLSX 262211
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
504 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

ILC027-189-270000-
WASHINGTON IL-CLINTON IL-
510 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN CLINTON AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 505 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT 
PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY.  LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS EARLIER FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 161 AND OTHER 
COUNTY ROADS HAS RECEEDED.  HOWEVER...THE CROOKED CREEK SOUTH OF 
POSEY WILL RUN CLOSE TO FLOOD STAGE DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

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.

LAT...LON 3861 8933 3834 8937 3835 8915 3866 8915

$$

BRITT

000 
WGUS73 KLSX 262355
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
655 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

ILC027-189-270005-
WASHINGTON IL-CLINTON IL-
655 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
CLINTON AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

THE STORMS WHICH PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINS EARLIER HAVE WEAKENED AND
MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

A CHECK WITH AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATES THAT FLOODING IS NO
LONGER A PROBLEM IN THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3861 8933 3834 8937 3835 8915 3866 8915

$$

PEDIGO

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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.