Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2007, 2:42 PM CDT for Reynolds County, Missouri. It took effect at Jun 29, 2007, 2:48 PM CDT. 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
- Jun 29, 2007, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 29, 2007, 2:48 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Reynolds County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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 29, 3:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ellington, MO | ONE TO TWO FEET DEEP WATER ON MAIN STREET IN ELLINGTON. |
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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 528 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 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 291948 FFWLSX MOC179-292345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 242 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 239 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST REYNOLDS COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES ALMOST TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST WEST OF ELLINGTON SINCE 130 PM. * FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE AFFECTING ELLINGTON AND RURAL AREAS WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF ELLINGTON ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 106. PINE CREEK...LOGAN CREEK AND THE DEER RUN STATE FOREST WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS AREAS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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 3734 9120 3712 9103 3707 9079 3738 9077 $$ GLASS
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLSX 292139 FFSLSX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 436 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 MOC179-292345- REYNOLDS MO- 436 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY... AT 310 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ONE TO TWO FEET OF WATER ON MAIN STREET IN ELLINGTON. ALSO...SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS HAD WATER ON THEM. AS OF 436 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RAIN HAD ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...IT WILL TAKE MORE TIME FOR THE WATER TO RECEDE...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ELLINGTON. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3734 9120 3712 9103 3707 9079 3738 9077 $$ BYRD
000 WGUS73 KLSX 292258 FFSLSX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 557 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 MOC179-292307- REYNOLDS MO- 557 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY... A CHECK WITH AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATES THAT FLOODING IS NO LONGER A PROBLEM IN THE AREA. SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3734 9120 3712 9103 3707 9079 3738 9077 $$ BYRD
Nearby
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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.