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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2008, 2:04 PM CDT for Bond County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2008, 2:04 PM CDT (19:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bond County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KLSX 271908
FFWLSX
ILC005-272300-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0033.080527T1904Z-080527T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
204 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 159 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
WATER COVERING PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 127 AND HIGHWAY 140. THE WATER
WAS UP TO 8 INCHES DEEP IN SPOTS. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 1200 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE AFTERNOON.
* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE
AFFECTING WOBURN...SORENTO...RENO AND GREENVILLE.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
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 3874 8961 3888 8960 3889 8964 3898 8964
3900 8961 3900 8959 3901 8960 3902 8958
3903 8927 3875 8927
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 180DEG 0KT 3888 8943
$$
GLASS1 follow-up statement
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WGUS73 KLSX 272046
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
339 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008
ILC005-272300-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080527T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOND IL-
339 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR BOND
COUNTY...
AT 332 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHERE
EXITING BOND COUNTY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE NOT
REPORTED ANY ADDITIONAL FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER
RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN
THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY NEAR AND SOUTH OF SHILOH HILL...AND
BETWEEN POCAHONTAS AND DUDLEYVILLE.
SOME CREEKS THAT MAY BE FLOODED INCLUDE SILVER CREEK...SHOAL
CREEK...AND BEAVER CREEK. SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE
ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOBURN...
SORENTO...RENO AND GREENVILLE.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3874 8961 3888 8960 3889 8964 3898 8964
3900 8961 3900 8959 3901 8960 3902 8958
3903 8927 3875 8927
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 180DEG 0KT 3888 8943
$$
GLASSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Clinton, Marion, Washington | 6 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.