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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 27, 2007Boone County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2007, 6:47 PM CDT for Boone County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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
Jun 27, 2007, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2007, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Boone County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 7:05 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 42 W Hallsville, MO4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST TWO HOURS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 267 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2007-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 135 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2007-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
135 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
980 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KLSX 272351
FFWLSX
MOC019-280545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
647 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 643 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL       
  CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN  
  2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED WITHIN THE LAST TWO HOURS  
  NEAR HALLSVILLE. 

* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE       
  AFFECTING HALLSVILLE...FINGER LAKES STATE PARK...CENTRALIA...AND   
  COLUMBIA.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 
INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE SMALL 
CREEKS...RIVER AND STREAMS TO RISE ABOVE BANKFUL. IN 
ADDITION...URBAN AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.

HINKSON CREEK...PERCHE CREEK...AND SILVER FORK WILL LIKELY SEE VERY 
QUICK RISES IN WATER LEVELS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST
LOUIS.

LAT...LON 3924 9211 3907 9211 3907 9214 3890 9218
      3881 9215 3872 9223 3865 9221 3868 9235
      3872 9234 3875 9240 3881 9239 3883 9244
      3891 9249 3897 9257 3925 9244

$$

CVKING
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KLSX 280349
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1047 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

MOC019-280545-
BOONE MO-
1047 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR
BOONE COUNTY...

AT 1045 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO 
HEAVY RAIN WAS RETURNING TO THE WARNED AREA...WHICH WOULD LIKELY 
RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS NEAR HALLSVILLE REPORTED 4.30 INCHES OF 
RAIN EARLY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE 
POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STURGEON...
MURRY...MIDWAY...HALLSVILLE...COLUMBIA AND CENTRALIA.

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...AND NEVER DRIVE 
ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 3924 9211 3907 9211 3907 9214 3890 9218
      3881 9215 3872 9223 3865 9221 3868 9235
      3872 9234 3875 9240 3881 9239 3883 9244
      3891 9249 3897 9257 3925 9244

$$

CVKING
000 
WGUS73 KLSX 280539
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1238 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

MOC019-280548-
BOONE MO-
1238 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 AM CDT FOR BOONE
COUNTY...

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

LAT...LON 3924 9211 3907 9211 3907 9214 3890 9218
      3881 9215 3872 9223 3865 9221 3868 9235
      3872 9234 3875 9240 3881 9239 3883 9244
      3891 9249 3897 9257 3925 9244

$$

SCHROEDER

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 3:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 13 more48 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

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.