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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2008, 1:19 AM CDT for Cole County, Moniteau County, Missouri. 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
- Jun 4, 2008, 1:19 AM CDT (06:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cole County, MO, Moniteau County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:21 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 1095 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KLSX 040625
FFWLSX
MOC051-135-041015-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0047.080604T0619Z-080604T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
119 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 515 AM CDT
* AT 110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA WITHIN THE PAST 3 HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR
ALONG THE MAIN TRIBUTARIES OF MOREAU RIVER. THESE INCLUDE THE
NORTH MOREAU CREEK...BURRIS FORK OF MOREAU CREEK...AND THE SOUTH
MOREAU CREEK.
* IN ADDITION...LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALLER STREAMS AND
TRIBUTARIES THROUGHOUT COLE AND MONITEAU COUNTIES WILL SEE RAPID
RISES IN WATER LEVELS THROUGH THE PREDAWN HOURS...WITH FLASH
FLOODING LIKELY.
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.
LAT...LON 3868 9284 3868 9263 3866 9228 3854 9211
3842 9223 3843 9263 3860 9285
TIME...MOT...LOC 0619Z 180DEG 0KT 3855 9269
$$
CVKING1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KLSX 041015
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
514 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
MOC051-135-041024-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-080604T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLE MO-MONITEAU MO-
514 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 515 AM CDT FOR MONITEAU AND
COLE COUNTIES...
THE STORMS WHICH PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINS EARLIER HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
A CHECK WITH AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATES THAT FLOODING IS NO
LONGER A PROBLEM IN THE AREA.
MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AREAS THAT EXPERIENCED
HIGH WATER LEVELS...AS THE FAST FLOWING WATER MAY HAVE DAMAGED
ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES.
LAT...LON 3868 9284 3868 9263 3866 9228 3854 9211
3842 9223 3843 9263 3860 9285
TIME...MOT...LOC 1014Z 180DEG 0KT 3855 9269
$$
GKSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Shelby | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Monroe, Shelby | 44 min |
| Jun 3, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 8:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 62 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 9:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Shelby | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 36 days |
| Jun 3, 10:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Knox | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 2:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Knox, Marion, Shelby | 8 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 8:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 27 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Knox, Shelby | 12 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.