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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 25, 2007Audrain County, Boone County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 25, 2007, 10:55 PM CDT for Audrain County, Boone County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 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
Apr 25, 2007, 10:55 PM CDT (03:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2007, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 288 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 00:00Z on 2007-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 541 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 00:00Z on 2007-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
541 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 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 260358
FFWLSX
MOC007-019-260900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1055 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 1054 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
  WARNED AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
  AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST TWO HOURS.

* THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
  AREAS OF NORTHERN BOONE AND NORTHWESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTIES.

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 3910 9251 3910 9211 3935 9211 3935 9231
      3924 9231 3924 9243

$$

BYRD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KLSX 260827
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
326 AM CDT THU APR 26 2007

MOC007-019-260833-
BOONE MO-AUDRAIN MO-
326 AM CDT THU APR 26 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN
AUDRAIN AND NORTHERN BOONE COUNTIES...

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL EXITED THE WARNING AREA AROUND 1 AM.  THE END 
OF THE RAINFALL HAS LESSENED THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT...AND A CHECK 
WITH AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATES THAT NO FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE 
BEEN REPORTED.

OCCASIONAL SHOWERS WILL OCCUR DURING THE MORNING...BUT NO PROLONGED 
PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED.

LAT...LON 3910 9251 3910 9211 3935 9211 3935 9231
      3924 9231 3924 9243

$$

TRUETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone46 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.