Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2007, 7:42 PM CDT for Audrain County, Monroe County, Missouri. It took effect at Jun 27, 2007, 7:54 PM CDT. 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, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 27, 2007, 7:54 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2007, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Audrain County, MO, Monroe County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 10:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 8 Nw Mexico, MO | HWY E AND C ARE UNDER WATER AND CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 279 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
- 1813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 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 280054
FFWLSX
MOC007-137-280645-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
742 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT THURSDAY
* AT 737 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LARGE BAND OF RAIN EXTENDING EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE AREA.
THIS BAND OF RAINFALL HAS BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY EARLY THIS
EVENING. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
NORTHWEST OF MEXICO WITH OVER 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WEST THROUGH
NORTH OF PARIS SINCE 500 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
THOUGH THE RAIN IS NOT EXTREMELY HEAVY AT THIS TIME IT WILL PERSIST
FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND RAINFALL TOTALS IN SOME AREAS WILL EXCEED 4
INCHES. CONDITIONS ARE ALSO PRESENT FOR THE RAIN TO POSSIBLY
CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL CONDITIONS
AND LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE
AFFECTING WOODLAWN...VANDALIA...SANTA FE...PARIS...MONROE CITY...
MADISON...GRANVILLE...MEXICO AND FARBER.
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. SOME STREAMS AND RIVERS INCLUDE YOUNGS
CREEK AND GOODWATER CREEK IN AUDRAIN COUNTY AND THE NORTH...MIDDLE
AND ELKS FORK OF THE SALT RIVER AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES.
LAT...LON 3908 9208 3908 9167 3920 9142 3931 9142
3936 9172 3966 9173 3962 9228 3925 9232
3925 9208
$$
PEDIGO2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KLSX 280340
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1010 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007
MOC007-137-280645-
AUDRAIN MO-MONROE MO-
1010 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR
MONROE AND AUDRAIN COUNTIES...
AT 1005 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ROUTES E AND C ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MEXICO ARE UNDER WATER. RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES
SHOW 1 TO 2.5 INCHES FELL OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF BOTH COUNTIES
WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES NORTHWEST OF MEXICO AND NORTH
OF PARIS.
THE RAIN HAS LET UP FOR NOW...BUT A NEW AREA OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN IS DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTHWEST. RAIN WILL INCREASE
THROUGH THE AREA AGAIN BETWEEN 1130PM AND MIDNIGHT. KEEP ABREAST OF
LATEST INFORMATION AND FORECASTS FOR YOUR AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WOODLAWN...SANTA FE...PARIS...MONROE CITY...MADISON...MEXICO AND
GRANVILLE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 3908 9208 3908 9167 3920 9142 3931 9142
3936 9172 3966 9173 3962 9228 3925 9232
3925 9208
$$
PEDIGO000
WGUS73 KLSX 280637
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
136 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2007
MOC007-137-280646-
AUDRAIN MO-MONROE MO-
136 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 145 AM CDT FOR MONROE AND
AUDRAIN COUNTIES...
A CHECK WITH AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATES THAT FLOODING IS NO
LONGER A PROBLEM IN THE AREA.
AUDRAIN COUNTY DISPATCHER REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY C WAS UNDERWATER IN
PLACES AROUND 1030 PM.
LAT...LON 3908 9208 3908 9167 3920 9142 3931 9142
3936 9172 3966 9173 3962 9228 3925 9232
3925 9208
$$
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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.