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Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2008, 12:02 PM CDT for Marion County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 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, 12:02 PM CDT (17:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2008, 2:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Marion County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1389 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KLSX 131712 FFWLSX ILC121-132100- /O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0061.080613T1702Z-080613T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1202 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 1159 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN SALEM REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS IN THE CITY WERE COVERED BY WATER UP TO 6 INCHES DEEP. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN THE LAST HOUR. RADAR ALSO INDICATES A LINE OF STORMS OVER SOUTHWEST MARION COUNTY AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF ROADS AND CREEKS. * FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE AFFECTING STEPHEN FORBES STATE PARK...SANDOVAL...SALEM... OMEGA...ODIN AND KINMUNDY. 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 3881 8913 3882 8874 3848 8872 3848 8912 TIME...MOT...LOC 1702Z 180DEG 0KT 3854 8908 $$ BRITT
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLSX 131811 FFSLSX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 100 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ILC121-132100- /O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0061.000000T0000Z-080613T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MARION IL- 100 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR MARION COUNTY... AT 1259 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE WATER HAS SLIGHTLY RECEDED IN THE TOWN OF SALEM ILLINIOIS. HOWEVER WATER OF 4 TO 5 INCHES STILL REMAINS ON SOME ROADWAYS IN THE TOWN OF SALEM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.00 TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF MARION COUNTY ILLINOIS. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STEPHEN FORBES STATE PARK...SALEM...IUKA...OMEGA...ODIN...KINMUNDY AND FAIRMAN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3881 8913 3882 8874 3848 8872 3848 8912 TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 180DEG 0KT 3854 8908 $$ PRZYBYLINSKI
000 WGUS73 KLSX 131941 FFSLSX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 241 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ILC121-131951- /O.CAN.KLSX.FF.W.0061.000000T0000Z-080613T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MARION IL- 241 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MARION COUNTY... A CHECK WITH AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATES THAT FLOODING IS NO LONGER A PROBLEM IN THE AREA AND THAT FLOOD WATER HAS RECEDED. LAT...LON 3881 8913 3882 8874 3848 8872 3848 8912 TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 180DEG 0KT 3854 8908 $$ GLASS
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Brown | 14 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 11:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Washington | 44 min |
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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.