Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2008, 12:53 AM CDT for Marion County, Monroe County, Shelby County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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 13, 2008, 12:53 AM CDT (05:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Marion County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Shelby County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 3526 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.4
- Supercell composite
- 26.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KLSX 130556
FFWLSX
MOC127-137-205-131200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0056.080613T0553Z-080613T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1253 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 700 AM CDT
* AT 1250 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING OVER THE
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE
AFFECTING MADISON...HOLLIDAY...GRANVILLE...SHELBINA...WARREN...
PARIS...PHILADELPHIA...PALMYRA...MONROE CITY...MAUD...HANNIBAL...
GRANVILLE...EMDEN AND CLARENCE.
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.
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 3994 9144 3987 9145 3970 9134 3969 9137
3969 9172 3943 9172 3934 9185 3935 9231
3995 9229
TIME...MOT...LOC 0553Z 180DEG 0KT 3950 9215
$$
CVKING1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KLSX 130731
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
228 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008
MOC127-137-205-131200-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080613T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONROE MO-MARION MO-SHELBY MO-
228 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR
SHELBY...MARION AND MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. RUNOFF FROM THE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY
OCCURRED EARLY THIS MORNING...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1
TO 3 INCHES THAT ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEEN NOW AND 5 AM WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODLAWN...
WARREN...SHELBYVILLE...SHELBINA...PHILADELPHIA...PALMYRA...MONROE
CITY...MAUD...HANNIBAL...GRANVILLE...EMDEN AND CLARENCE.
SMALL CREEKS AND RIVERS WILL QUICKLY RISE OVERNIGHT...FLOODING LOW
LYING AREAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3994 9144 3987 9145 3970 9134 3969 9137
3969 9172 3943 9172 3934 9185 3935 9231
3995 9229
TIME...MOT...LOC 0728Z 180DEG 0KT 3950 9215
$$
CVKINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Moniteau | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Osage | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 7:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Monroe | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 10:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Monroe | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 43 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008
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.