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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 3, 2008Pike County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2008, 4:57 AM CDT for Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2008, 4:57 AM CDT (09:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Pike County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 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 3, 5:07 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.5	4 Se Pittsfield, IL	2.50 INCHES MEASURED BETWEEN 330 AM AND 500 AM CDT.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 189 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KLSX 031000
FFWLSX
ILC149-031600-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0039.080603T0957Z-080603T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
457 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEAST PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT

* AT 454 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
  ESTIMATES MORE THAN 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 330 AM.

* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE       
  AFFECTING GRIGGSVILLE...PITTSFIELD...PERRY...DETROIT...MAYSVILLE...
  BAYLIS AND BARRY.

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3982 9060 3980 9060 3971 9064 3968 9064
      3965 9061 3962 9060 3953 9060 3953 9093
      3975 9119 3977 9092 3984 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0957Z 180DEG 0KT 3965 9078

$$

CARNEY

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS73 KLSX 031558
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1057 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

ILC149-031607-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080603T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIKE IL-
1057 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1100 AM CDT 
FOR NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

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

LAT...LON 3982 9060 3980 9060 3971 9064 3968 9064
      3965 9061 3962 9060 3953 9060 3953 9093
      3975 9119 3977 9092 3984 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 1557Z 180DEG 0KT 3965 9078

$$

TILLY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Jersey	19 min
Jun 2, 9:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Adams	38 days
Jun 2, 9:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Pike	42 days
Jun 2, 9:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Pike	44 days
Jun 2, 9:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Calhoun	45 days
Jun 2, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown	25 min
Jun 2, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown	43 min
Jun 2, 11:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Adams, Brown	3 hr
Jun 3, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	45 min
Jun 3, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	47 min
Jun 3, 1:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Adams	32 min
Jun 3, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown, Pike	48 min
Jun 3, 2:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Adams	13 hr
Jun 3, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown, Pike	44 min
Jun 3, 4:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Greene, Pike	37 min
Jun 3, 4:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Brown	6 hr
Jun 3, 7:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Bond, Montgomery	5 hr
Jun 3, 7:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette, Marion	51 min
Jun 3, 7:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Marion	29 min
Jun 3, 9:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown	60 min
Jun 3, 9:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	48 min
Jun 3, 10:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown	21 min
Jun 3, 10:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Brown	4 hr
Jun 3, 10:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Montgomery	44 min
Jun 3, 11:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Brown	23 hr
Jun 3, 1:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Brown	3 days
Jun 3, 1:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Morgan, Pike	37 days
Jun 3, 1:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Pike, Scott	48 days
Jun 3, 1:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Jersey	42 days
Jun 3, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Adams	34 days
Jun 3, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Adams	34 days
Jun 3, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Pike	39 days
Jun 3, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Calhoun	43 days
Jun 3, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Jersey	45 days
Jun 3, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Madison	40 days
Jun 3, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Randolph	43 days
Jun 3, 3:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LSX	Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 10 more	24 hr
Jun 3, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Pike	46 min

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.